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Historical Event on 11/27/1001

Sultan Mehmud of Ghazni began his first real expedition to India by defeating the Hindu King Jaipal. He won Afghanisthan and Punjab in Peshawar battle. This was the first major Muslim conquest in India.

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5/15/1958Aruna Asaf Ali became the Mayor of Delhi.
2/20/1847Turf Club of Royal Calcutta was established.
9/5/1904Bhalchandra Pandharinath Bahirat, editor and expert of Saint literature, was born.
10/16/1942Cyclone in Bay of Bengal kills some 40,000 people in south of Calcutta, India.
12/12/1992Government asks CBI to probe the demolition of the masjid in Ayodhya.
5/1/1996International women's master Anupama Gokhale of Bharat Petroleum becomes the first woman in the history of Indian chess to win an all-India level international rating tournament with her bagging the Mohammed Hassan memorial title.
8/1/1922Ratilal Sankalchand Nayak, educationist and writer, was born at Kadi, Gujarat .
10/21/1994Government notifies substantial increase in the ceiling on election expenses on Lok Sabha and Assembly polls.
9/11/1999India's Sachin Ratti won the men's singles title in the New Zealand International Badminton championship, defeating top seed and world No. 23 Rio Suryana of Australia in the final.
2/13/1991Muslim League leaves the UDF in Kerala.