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Historical Event on 12/27/1977

The Congress party splits into two factions, one supporting and one opposing Indira Gandhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/12/1990Uttar Pradesh Government raises the reservation for Backward Classes in direct recruitment to State Services from 15 to 27 per cent.
3/22/1949SSC Examination system started.
9/2/1970President V. V. Giri inaugurated, Vivekanand Rock Memorial' at Kanyakumari.
2/23/1996North-Eastern Development Finance Corporation inaugurated.
1/4/1967Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. began delivery of the MIG aircraft.
1/21/1961Queen of Britain, Elizabeth II, and her husband Duke of Edinburgh visited New Delhi.
12/29/1885A group of middle-class intellectuals in India, some of them British, found the Indian National Congress to be a voice of Indian opinion to the British government. This was the origin of the later Congress Party which was founded in Bombay.
11/21/1993R.F. Botha, Foreign Minister, moots a grouping of Indian Ocean countries.
8/17/1911Y.R. Lokurkar, senior journalist, was born.
2/14/1933W. R. Sonar, famous marathi poet, author, playwright, editor and publisher, was born.