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Historical Event on 9/27/1989

The second test launching of India's surface-to-surface missile, 'Prithvi', from Sri Harikota was successful.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/18/1969Prajapita Brahma, great social reformer and freedom fighter, passed away.
7/12/1932The 16,000-foot Shyok ice dam in the Himalayas bursts flooding the Indus Valley at Kashmir.
1/1/1989This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of the Young Reader"".
5/1/1960Old Bombay province was divided between Maharashtra and Gujrat States.
11/23/1990Madhavrao Ganesh (Balasaheb Dixit), founder of daily news paper ""Turun Bharat"", passed away.
3/20/2000Unidentified militants gun down 35 Sikhs in the south Kashmir village of Chatti Singhpora in one of the worst incidents of violence in the State.
5/21/1992Manohar J.Pherwani, 58, Chairman of the National Housing Bank, died.
9/4/1993Lawyers all over the country decide to abolish addresses like 'My Lord', 'Your Lordship' and replace them with 'Sir', 'Your Honour,' etc.
4/27/1857Jamshedji Framji Madan ( J. F. Madan ), founder of India's first Cinema Hall - 'Elphinstone Palace' at Calcutta, Madan & Co. and Parsi Theatrical Company, was born.
3/11/1689Sambhaji, Shivaji's successor, who was captured at Sangameshwar, was assasinated in the prison of Aurangzeb by Mughal officer Muqurab Khan.