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Historical Event on 11/27/1962
Britain agreed to supply arms to India.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
10/22/1997 | Indian veterans take winning 3-0 lead against Pakistan in the five-match cricket series. |
11/18/1948 | Nearly 500 people were drowned when the ferry steamer Narayan River capsized and sank in the Ganga near Patna. |
9/29/1993 | JD, JD(A) and SJP merge to fight BJP in the assembly elections. |
1/28/1925 | Raja Ramanna, fourth President of Indian Atomic Energy Commission, was born. |
5/7/1889 | Dr. Narayan Subbarao Hardikar, freedom fighter, journalist and Padmabhushan awardee, was born. |
1/15/1993 | PM asks for judicial probe into Bombay riots, sanctions Rs. 1 crore aid for victims. |
3/21/1976 | The Indian people have delivered a stinging rebuke to the woman who had ruled them without the benefit of a constitution for the past 19 months by dumping her from office in a landslide election. After 11 years of rule, Indira Gandhi has resigned, and in an uncharacteristically humble statement said she ""accepted the verdict unreservedly"" and promised ""constructive cooperation"" with the new government. The heads of the victorious parties immediately dropped the year-and-a-half-old state of emergency, freed political prisoners, and began negotiations over who would head the new government. |
2/6/1939 | Sayaji Rao Gaekwad III of Baroda, great nationalist and social reformer, passed away. |
8/19/1903 | Gangadhar Devram Khanolkar, biographer and critic, was born. |
7/31/1912 | Allan Octavian, great social reformer, patriot, lawyer, journalist and politician, passed away at the age of 84. |
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