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Historical Event on 4/27/1996
First phase of election for 11th Lok Sabha, and assembly election in 6 states.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/28/1998 | All 26 accused, who stood trial in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, were sentenced to death. A designated Judge of the TADA court in Chennai found them guilty. |
| 10/14/1910 | Further unrest took place in Lhasa, Tibet, following the arrest of Dalai Lama's agent by the Chinese on the Chinese frontier with India. |
| 7/6/1960 | The President promulgates the ESMA, 1960. |
| 10/19/1983 | Union Government takes over the management of 13 textile undertakings in Bombay; marathon strike in cotton textile industry ends. |
| 10/19/1983 | Babur Shah, Mughal Emperior, defeated Afghan Nawab Nasrat Shah, king of Bengal, on the banks of the Gand and the Ghaghra river. |
| 8/1/1997 | Lt. Gen. Ved Prakash Malik to be next chief of Army staff. Gen. Shankar Roy Chowdhury retires on September 30. |
| 3/1/1961 | The first AN-12B arrived in India. This was added in the force because of the increasing frequency of clashes with Chinese forces on the Sino-lndian Himalayan border and the need that these revealed for yet further increase in airlift capability, together with a requirement for medium helicopters suitable for high-altitude operation, orders were placed in the Soviet Union for eight Antonov An- 12B and 24IL-yushin 11- 14 transport aircraft plus 10 Mi-4 helicopters. |
| 2/17/1980 | Indira Gandhi dissolves nine state assemblies led by opposition. She imposed presidential rule in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, U.P., Bihar, Orissa, M.P., Rajasthan, Punjab and Gujarat. |
| 10/6/1999 | INLD-BJP combine wins by big margin in Haryana. |
| 9/26/1996 | CBI chargesheeted Rao in St. Kitts case. |
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