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Historical Event on 1/27/1996

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

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/2/1971Hurricane and ensuing tidal wave takes 6,000 lives.
2/8/1936Jawaharlal Nehru elected president of Indian National Congress.
3/2/1994Autonomous Hill Council for Leh set up.
4/30/1996Re-polling in 445 stations in six states.
7/8/1971Krishnarao Arkgudun, versatile Kannad author, died.
8/6/1905Chittaranjan Das ""Desh Bandhu"", freedom fighter and advocate, started an organisation named ""Swadeshi Mandali"". He also founded magazine named Narayana in 1914 and a Bengali weekly in 1922 and the daily 'Forward'.
9/8/2000Dr. Surinder K. Vasal, Indian maize breeder, and Dr. Evagelina Villegas, Mexican cereal chemist, jointly awarded the World Food Prize-2000 for their decades-long scientific quest to produce quality protein maize for developing countries.
2/14/1985Dr. Nagendra Singh elected World Court Chief.
1/3/1985Azharuddin scores 110 in first Test innings.
9/25/1999Eighth SAF Games inaugurated in Kathmandu.