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Historical Event on 4/27/1997

CBI decides to prosecute Bihar CM Laloo Prasad Yadav, former CM Dr. Jagannath Mishra, Union Minister Chandra Deo Prasad Verma and 53 others in the Rs. 950 crore fodder scam case.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/10/1908Gandhiji adopts word, ""Satyagraha"" in place of ""Passive Resistance"". Sentenced to two months' imprisonment for failure to leave Transvaal.
5/9/1919Ram Kumar Gupta, great industrialist, was born at Delhi.
11/27/2000After three decades, English was again made compulsory in Gujarat schools from Standard V from the next academic year.
4/23/1959Peking Radio reports say that Chinese troops defeated rebels in south-eastern Tibet and have closed Tibet's borders with India and Burma.
6/28/1996India opens its office (based in Gaza city) in the area under the Palestinian Authority.
2/10/1859General Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny.
1/19/1931The first Round Table Conference held in London ended. This conference was attended by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar also.
11/19/1917Indira (Pridarshani) Gandhi, the first Indian Lady Prime Minister, was born at Allahabad. She was the only child of Jawharlal Nehru and took active participation in freedom fight by forming ""Vanar Sena"" (a team of young detectives). She lead India in a successful war against Pakistan to seperate East and West Pakistans and establish the nation of Banglades
4/10/1931Balasaheb Vikhe Patil, who worked in the region of Sahkar and Education, was born.
1/21/1924Professor Madhu Dandavate, former Finance Minister, was born at Ahmednagar.