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Historical Event on 7/27/1910
Bande Ali Khan, great singer of `Beenkar' and `Kirana Gharana', passed away.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
2/3/1992 | Kapil Dev becomes the second highest wicket-taker in Test Cricket when he took his 400th wicket, that of Mark Taylor, in the Perth Test (New Zealand's Richard Hadlee with 431 wickets being the first). |
10/25/1932 | Pearless' investment company was established. |
8/20/1979 | Indian premier Charan Singh resigns. |
7/8/1996 | Mathematical Olympiad was held in Mumbai - the first time in India (from 08-17, 1996). |
8/15/1997 | The Government bans doctors from determining the sex of the foetus. |
7/3/1985 | Air Chief Marshal D A La Fontaine PVSM, AVSM, VM., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/July/1988. |
5/19/1951 | Sukhdev Bihari Mishra of Mishra Brothers, first historian of Hindi litterateur, passed away. |
1/4/1931 | Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar, great orator, eminent journalist, fighter and one of the founders of Jamia Millia Islamia, died at London during the first Round Table Conference. He was closely associated to Mahatma Gandhi and took active part in Civil Disobedience Movement. |
2/28/1918 | Srinivas Ramanujan, famous Indian scientist, was elected Fellow of the Royal Society. |
5/9/1919 | Ram Kumar Gupta, great industrialist, was born at Delhi. |
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