|
|
Historical Event on 5/27/1994
Tarktirth Laxmanshastri Joshi, internationally famous omnicient, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/25/1971 | Himachal Pradesh becomes a full-fledged 18th Indian Union state. |
| 1/10/1896 | Shri Narhar Vishnu Gadgil (Kakasaheb), famous politician, freedom fighter, lawyer, prolific writer, social reformer, nationalist leader and litterateur, was born. |
| 8/15/1965 | Television starts in New Delhi. |
| 10/16/1922 | M.V. Desai, social reformer and journalist, was born. |
| 4/27/1994 | Supreme Court strikes down section 309 of the Indian Penal Code(which makes suicide a punishable offence)- violative of Article 21. |
| 12/12/2000 | J.H. Patel, (71), senior Janata Dal (U) leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister, died in Bangalore. |
| 2/1/1942 | No. 4 Squadron of the IAF was born in the war at Peshawar. The Squadron was first equipped with Lysander aircraft. The Second World War was in its third year and Japanese forces were advancing towards India's eastern frontiers. |
| 9/22/1970 | Bandopadhyay Shardendu, modern Bengali poet, died. |
| 3/26/1980 | Bombay gets its first rock concert in 10 years (The Police). |
| 8/1/2000 | One hundred people of Kinnaur, Shimla and Mandi districts of HP die following flash floods in the Sutlej river. |
|
![]()
|
|
|
