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Historical Event on 4/27/1994

Supreme Court strikes down section 309 of the Indian Penal Code(which makes suicide a punishable offence)- violative of Article 21.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/7/1993Medium-range surface to surface missile, 'Prithvi' successfully launched for the 10th time.
8/10/1894Varahagiri Venkata Giri, the fourth former President of India, was born at Berhampur in Orissa. He was one of the patriarchs of Trade Union Movement of India.
1/24/1996H.K.L. Bhagat, senior Congress politician and former minister, arrested in connection with a 1984 anti-Sikh riot case.
7/4/1991Fourth test of missile 'Prithvi'.
9/26/1996CBI chargesheeted Rao in St. Kitts case.
8/7/1986Lok Sabha passes Constitution 53rd Amendment bill conferring statehood on Mizoram.
9/30/2000India's Priyanka Chopra (18) wins the Miss World beauty pageant.
3/17/1769To establish the business of English Mill's Cloth, East Indiian Company had imposed various restriction on weavers of Bengal to destroy the Muslim and textile industry in Bengal , which was meant to destroy the Indian cloth and 'malmal' industry.
4/7/1998Soli Sorabjee is appointed Attorney-General of India.
8/3/1780British officer captain Bruce conquered Gwalior fort under Major Popham after defeating Sindhiya.