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Historical Event on 4/27/1919
Ustad Allarakha Khan, great Tabla player, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/1/1973 | Indian General Insurance Corporation nationalised. |
| 4/18/1931 | Lord Willingdon took over as the Viceroy of India. |
| 4/18/1931 | Father Francis Xavier, Spanish founder of the Jesuits, 35, and three friends set sail from Lisbon, Portugal for Goa. They became the first Roman Catholic missionaries to travel to India. |
| 2/28/1835 | Medical College was started in Calcutta and it was officially opened on Feb 20. |
| 10/6/1997 | I. K. Gujral, PM, begins visit to South Africa, which was the first ever by an Indian Prime Minister. |
| 4/16/1992 | Arjun Singh, Pawar, Antony win CWC polls. |
| 9/10/1872 | Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji ""Ranji"", Maharaj Jamsaheb of Nawanagar and noted cricketer, was born in village Sarodar near Jamnagar, Kathiawad. He was referred as ""The prince of a little state, but the king of a great game"". He also played for Sussex. |
| 5/11/1999 | Supreme Court confirms the death sentence on four of the 26 accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, reduces to life imprisonment the sentence on three others and acquits the remaining 19. |
| 10/31/1955 | The Prime Minister inaugurated the Cooperative Milk Producers' Union factory at Anand, Gujarat. |
| 1/20/1897 | Gandhiji declines to prosecute assailants. |
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