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Historical Event on 2/27/1990

Polls in Pondicherry and eight states.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/30/1987Rajiv Gandhi escaped an attack on him at Colombo.
4/4/1987Agney, famous Hindi litterateur and Gyanpeeth Award winning poet, passed away.
3/5/1999The indigenously-built multi-barrel rocket launcher ''Pinaka'' is successfully test-fired at Chandipur-on-sea in Orissa.
11/15/1982S. N. Katkar, famous poet and former editor of 'Yugvani', died.
12/20/1978Riots in many Indian cities in protest against Indira Gandhi's imprisonment.
10/11/1923Harish Chandra was born in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. His work in a narrow branch of modern mathematics led to its developement to such an extent that it drew the attention of mathematicians all over the world.
5/29/1953Ranji Nanan, cricketer (Trinidad off-spinner, 1 Test v Pakistan 1981), was born.
10/6/1913V. R. Kant, famous poet, was born.
1/19/1990Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh ""Osho"", Indian free love guru, modern mystic and controversial cult figure, died in Pune at the age of 58 years. He will be remembered as a great orator and for founding of Rajnishpuram in USA.
5/18/1995Criminal Law (Amendment Bill, 1995) introduced in Parliament to replace the 10-year-old controversial TADA Act.