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Historical Event on 1/27/1996

'Prithvi', surface-to-surface missile, test-fired successfully.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/28/1986Malayalam film `Chidambaram' directed by G. Aravindan wins best feature film award and Shyam Benegal bags the Best Director award for the Hindi film 'Trikal'.
2/1/1994PM Rao attends the World Economic Forum meeting at Davos, Switzerland.
8/13/2000The Government announces the opening up of the national long distance communication segment with no restriction on the number of players.
9/9/1999Mahesh Bhupathi and Ai Sugiyama won the mixed doubles title in the U.S. Open.
9/11/1956The PM announced in the Lok Sabha the conclusion of the Netaji Inquiry Committee that Netaji did die in an air-crash.
5/19/2000A `civil coup' in Fiji ousts the first ethnic Indian Prime Minister Mahendra Pal Choudhary. President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara proclaims a state of emergency.
1/28/1925Raja Ramanna, fourth President of Indian Atomic Energy Commission, was born.
2/16/1994Nivrittibuwa Sarnaik, veteran singer of 'Jaipur Gharana', passed away.
4/9/1954India reports only 43\% of population speaks 15 recognized languages, noting 720 dialects, 23 tribal tongues.
4/30/1947The entire nation is stirred by religious strife.