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Historical Event on 1/27/1996

'Prithvi', surface-to-surface missile, test-fired successfully.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/12/194614 killed in Calcutta riots; Muslim leader Jinnah threatens civil war.
5/2/1930Riots break out in Amritsar.
4/8/1985India files suit against Union Carbide in New York for Bhopal gas disaster.
2/18/1911Under the auspices of the British Army, French pilot Henry Pequet makes the first official airmail flight from Allahabad to Naini Junction.
6/22/1898The last total Solar Eclipse of 19th century was seen in India.
8/20/1933Mahatma Gandhi is rushed to the hospital on the fourth day of his latest fast.
8/20/1933The first ship of the Dutch East India Company returned from Far East.
5/18/1985Dr. P. C. Alexander appointed High Commissioner in Britain.
8/2/1858British parliament passed the act to handover the administration of India to British Government from East India Company. After the occasion, the Supreme British ruler in India was called as 'Viceroy'.
1/29/1948Angry refugees ask Gandhiji to retire to the Himalayas.