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Historical Event on 8/27/1918
Nemichandra Jain, stage critic, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/4/1665 | Raja Jai Singh treaty of Purandar was signed between the Mughals and Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj. |
| 3/17/1967 | 4th Parliament (Lok Sabha) was formed. |
| 2/2/1835 | Thomas Babington Macaulay westernises education in India. English is made official government and court language and as medium of instruction. |
| 12/16/1921 | Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation started tunnel construction under Hoogly river. |
| 6/4/1953 | University of Cambridge confers honorary Doctorate of Laws on J. L. Nehru. |
| 1/5/1893 | Paramahansa Yogananda (1893-1952), universalist Hindu, great saint, social reformer, writer and litterateur was born at Gorakhpur. He was the renaissance founder of Self Realization Fellowship (1925) in US, author of famed 'Autobiography of a Yogi' (1946), popular book globalizing India's spiritual traditions. |
| 2/16/1944 | Dadasaheb Phalke passed away in Nasik at the age of 74. He is remembered as the 'Father of Indian Cinema'. He produced India's first feature Film, 'Raja Harishchandra'. He was Director, Producer, Writer, Editor & Laboratorian. Dada Saheb Phalke Award issued by Government of India is given in his memory. |
| 4/7/1987 | In a case filed by Saira Banu of Kerela, Supreme Court held that all wives, including Muslim women, whose husbands have either married again or taken a mistress are entitled to maintenance. |
| 8/15/1997 | The Government bans doctors from determining the sex of the foetus. |
| 8/17/1882 | Sir Ram Nath Chopra, noted professor of Pharmacology, was born. |
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