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Historical Event on 9/27/1995

73 people died in a coal mine accident in Gaslitand in Dhanbad district, Bihar, when flood water leaked into the mine.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/21/1911Umashankar Jethalal Joshi, famous Gujarati poet, Hindi writer and educationist, was born at Bamna in Gujarat.
3/16/1999The Shiromani Akali Dal creates a record by unanimously electing Bibi Jagir Kaur Begowal as the first woman president of the SGPC.
8/13/1638Durgadas Rathore, social reformer, was born at Salwa.
7/17/1935Dr. Ram Babu Gupta, cricket test umpire for 11 tests from 1986-89, was born at Delhi.
1/8/1994Kamkothi Parmacharya Shri Chandrashekhar Saraswati, 68th Shankaracharya of Kanchi maat and Indian Saint, passed away at the the of 99.
11/14/1967Saba Karim, Indian ODI wicket-keeper 1997, was born.
2/8/1971Indira Congress wins the mid-term elections for Lok Sabha. Indira Gandhi becomes PM.
5/26/1906Benjamin Peary Pal, internationally famous scientist of Indian agriculture, was born at Mukundpur, Punjab. In 1929, he went to Cambridge to do research on wheat and he returned to Burma with a Ph.D. five years later. In 1933, he got a research job with what is now known as the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi. In 1965, Pal became Director General of the newly founded Indian Council of Agricultural Research in New Delhi. He has written several books on roses, the most popular being ""The Rose in India"".
5/8/1994Harikant Jethwani, famous Sindhi litterateur, passed away.
12/5/1943The Japanese planes attack Calcutta port.