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Historical Event on 4/27/1994

Supreme Court strikes down section 309 of the Indian Penal Code(which makes suicide a punishable offence)- violative of Article 21.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/12/1757Captain Eyre Coote from the Portuguese was captured in Bandel.
3/21/1996Supreme Court holds that attempt to suicide and its abetment would continue to be punishable offences.
6/5/1966Indian rupee devalued by 36.5 percent.
8/2/1959Little Theatre was established.
10/21/1947The office of Controller of Military Accounts (Pensions), Lahore was bifurcated and the pension work relating to Indian nationals was transferred to Allahabad.
4/20/1993Jharkhand Movement suspends its 36-days old economic blockade.
12/26/190723rd session of the Indian National Congress was presided by Dr. Rash Behari Bose. In this session, Congress was split into two groups named 'Extremists' under the leadership of Lala Lajpat Rai and 'Moderates' under the leadership of Dr. Rashbehari Bose. Sir Pherozeshah Mehta took active part on the moderate side. Anand Bazar reported with headings as ""The 23rd National Congress. Presidential Election. Tilak's Amendment. Uproarious Proceedings. Free Fight. Police Aid. Pandal Cleared. Police Escort Tilak. Adjourned Sine Die"".
6/13/196660 people were killed in a collision between two suburban trains of Bombay.
10/31/1997Rushmi Chakravarthy makes it a double in the National hardcourt tennis in Mumbai.
6/23/1984An Air-India jumbo jet plunged into the Atlantic Ocean near Ireland today, killing all 329 people on board. Indian officials said the crash apparently was caused by a bomb placed aboard the jetliner by a Sikh extremist group as retaliation for an army raid.