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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
| 01/27/1888 |
Jinvijayji Muni, famous Shwetambar Jain Yati, was born. |
| 01/27/1901 |
Tarkatirtha Laxmanshastri Joshi, the great thinker, master of Sanskrit and editor of Marathi Vishwakosh, was born. |
| 01/27/1904 |
R. P. Kanitkar, veteran writer, nationalist, journalist and editor, was born. |
| 01/27/1924 |
Sabu [Dastagir], actor (Elephant Boy, Drum), was born in India. |
| 01/27/1926 |
Arunkumar Vaidya, former General of Indian Army, was born. |
| 01/27/1927 |
Michael Craig, actor (Escape 2000, Vault of Horror), was born in Pune. |
| 01/27/1931 |
Mahatma Gandhi was released from jail, ending eight months of imprisonment for his campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. To avoid demonstrations, Gandhi was released late in the evening from the Yerovda jail and put on a night train to Bombay. There was hope in British circles that the release of Gandhi would end the strife and lead to discussions of dominion status. Gandhi made clear, however, that he would persist in his civil disobedience campaign. |
| 01/27/1948 |
Gandhiji visits Mehrauli Muslim Fair. |
| 01/27/1967 |
Maharashtra State Text book manufacturing and carriculum modification Corporation established at Pune. |
| 01/27/1967 |
Delimitation Agreement for Warfare in space was signed by 60 nations in United Nation. |
| 01/27/1970 |
Probir Sen, cricketer, 20 catches & 11 stumpings and 14 Tests for India, passed away. |
| 01/27/1972 |
V. S. Sarvate (Tatya Saheb), great revolutionary writer, passed away. |
| 01/27/1974 |
President V. V. Giri inaugurated the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Museum and it was opened for public at Teen Murti House, New Delhi. |
| 01/27/1984 |
First unit of Atomic Energy Production Centre started at Kalpakkam. |
| 01/27/1987 |
P. T. Usha nominated the Asian Athlete of 1986 by the US Sports Academy (USA). |
| 01/27/1988 |
The first ever helicopter mail service was inaugurated at Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The first flight was from Port Blair to Havelock Island and its inaugurated by the Governer of Andaman and Nicobar Island. |
| 01/27/1989 |
M. Karunanidhi sworn in as DMK CM in Tamil Nadu. |
| 01/27/1994 |
55 miners, trapped inside New Kenda Colliery of Eastern Coal Fields, die. |
| 01/27/1994 |
Union Cabinet approves inclusion of the land reforms laws in the 9th Schedule of the Constitution. |
| 01/27/1995 |
K.V. Krishna Rao, J&K Governor, gets another term. |
| 01/27/1995 |
Rajiv Gandhi Container Terminal open at Kochi port. |
| 01/27/1996 |
'Prithvi', surface-to-surface missile, test-fired successfully. |
| 01/27/1999 |
P. Krishnamurthy, former Indian wicketkeeper, died in Hyderabad following a cardiac arrest. |
| 01/27/2000 |
K.R. Narayanan, President, opposes any tinkering with the Constitution. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 02/19/1891 | Amrita Bazaar Patrika became a daily newspaper. |
| 03/05/1905 | Shushila Didi, great freedom fighter, was born at Datton Chuhad village, Punjab. She is remembered for her association in the revolutionary activities of Bhagat Singh. |
| 09/24/1998 | In his address to the UN General Assembly, PM Vajpayee said that India wouldl not come in the way of implementing CTBT and may sign it conditionally by September 1999. |
| 05/06/1944 | Mahatma Gandhi was released unconditionally from his last imprisonment from Aga Khan Palace at Pune. |
| 05/27/1952 | The use of Hindi language in addition to English language and of Devnagri form of numerals in addition to the international form of Indian numerals was authorised for warrants of appointments of Governors of State, Judges of the Supreme Court and Judges of the High Court. |
| 06/22/1940 | Netaji Subhashchandra Bose established the 'Forward Block' after differences with Congress leaders. |
| 10/01/1953 | The first new state in India since 1949, Andhra Pradesh, is established on purely linguistic basis and formally inaugurated. This state was created by sub-dividing state of India, Madras Province and this movement was started by Shriramulu for which he had to sacrifice his life. |
| 03/01/1995 | Iftikar, famous character actor, died. |
| 04/23/1955 | Political Committee of Asian-African Conference at Bandung adopted an Indian resolution calling for a ban on atomic weapons. |
| 02/07/1922 | Britain threatens crackdown in India to combat Gandhi's civil disobedience campaign. |
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