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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
| 04/27/1526 |
Babur Shah was declared as the Emperor of Dehli. |
| 04/27/1606 |
Jahangir arrested Khusroo. |
| 04/27/1705 |
Aurangzeb captured the Fort of Vagingera. |
| 04/27/1748 |
Muhammad Shah, Mughal emperor, passed away and was succeeded by his son Ahmad Shah. |
| 04/27/1854 |
First telegram was sent between Mumbai and Pune. |
| 04/27/1857 |
Jamshedji Framji Madan ( J. F. Madan ), founder of India's first Cinema Hall - 'Elphinstone Palace' at Calcutta, Madan & Co. and Parsi Theatrical Company, was born. |
| 04/27/1878 |
Calcutta University started Women's Education, and allowed women to appear in the Entrance Examination. |
| 04/27/1906 |
China, as suzerain of Tibet, has agreed to the terms of a treaty proposed by Britain. According to the treaty, foreign powers may not send representatives to Tibet, receive transportation or mining concessions, or occupy, buy or lease any territory in Tibet without British permission. The British want to prevent the Russians from establishing a protectorate over Tibet, which lies on India's northern border. Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India, failed in attempts to communicate with Tibet's ruler, the Dalai Lama. A British military expedition fought its way to the capital at Lhasa and concluded the agreement. |
| 04/27/1907 |
Fearing uprising in Punjab, British arm volunteers. |
| 04/27/1918 |
Gandhiji attends Viceroy's War Conference at Delhi and addresses it in Hindustani; subsequently tours Kaira District to raise recruits for army. |
| 04/27/1919 |
Ustad Allarakha Khan, great Tabla player, was born. |
| 04/27/1920 |
Dr. Manibhai Desai, great Gandhian leader and Magssese Awardee, was born. |
| 04/27/1942 |
Gandhi condemns stationing of U.S. troops in India. |
| 04/27/1960 |
Presidential orders were issued on the report of the Committee of Parliament on official Languages which includes issues relating to preparation of terminology (Hindi glossaries, Hindia translation of codes and procedural literature, imparting training in Hindi to employees propagation of Hindi, language of bills, language to be used in the Supreme Court and High Court etc). |
| 04/27/1986 |
Congress (I) expels former Union Minister Pranab Kumar Mukherjee from the party for 6 years. |
| 04/27/1993 |
A national credit fund for women called the 'Rashtriya Mahila Kosh' set up. |
| 04/27/1994 |
Supreme Court strikes down section 309 of the Indian Penal Code(which makes suicide a punishable offence)- violative of Article 21. |
| 04/27/1996 |
First phase of election for 11th Lok Sabha, and assembly election in 6 states. |
| 04/27/1996 |
General Election (11th) of India begins. |
| 04/27/1997 |
CBI decides to prosecute Bihar CM Laloo Prasad Yadav, former CM Dr. Jagannath Mishra, Union Minister Chandra Deo Prasad Verma and 53 others in the Rs. 950 crore fodder scam case. |
| 04/27/2000 |
Arun Bharat Ram takes over as the president of the Confederation of Indian Industry. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 08/19/1996 | Gujarat's expelled BJP leader Shankersingh Waghela forms a new party called 'Rashtriya Janata Party'. |
| 08/07/1988 | N. T. Ramarao elected chairman and V.P. Singh the convenor of the National Front. |
| 10/24/1945 | UNO Day. |
| 09/29/2000 | A special court convicted former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao and his then cabinet colleague Buta Singh in the JMM MPs' bribery case. Nine others got benefit of doubt. |
| 02/18/1993 | Congress (I) secures absolute majority in Nagaland and emerges as the single largest party in Meghalaya. |
| 01/08/1964 | Jack ""Murph the Surf"" Murphy, 27, and a companion were arrested in Miami as suspects in the theft of $410,000 rare gems from the American Museum of Natural History in October of last year. The world's largest sapphire, the Star of India, and eight of the other 22 stolen gems were returned to New York in an attorney's coat pocket, having been recovered in two water-logged suede pouches from a Miami bus terminal locker with the help of a third suspect. The three described themselves as ""beach boys."" Murphy is a sometimes an aquatic clown, but mainly they were notorious jewel thieves. Murphy was also accused of pistol-whipping actress Eva Gabor and stealing jewels worth $50,000 from her a year ago. |
| 10/30/1924 | Word Saving Day. |
| 07/25/2000 | Two Indians Aruna Roy from Rajasthan and Jockin Arputham, founder of the Indian National Slum Dwellers' Association, chosen for the Ramon Magsaysay award for public service. |
| 07/17/1974 | J.P. Narain leads an agitation for dissolution of the Bihar Assembly. |
| 10/04/2000 | Kashmir has been the cause of tensions between India and Pakistan and foreign interference should be stopped,'' said Russian President Vladimir Putin at the joint session of both the Houses of Parliament. |
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