27 JUL HISTORY TODAY
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Events for July 27
Events for July 27
| 27-July-1887 | Sardar Davar Tehmuras Kavasji, social worker and lawyer, was born. |
| 27-July-1889 | Branch of Indian National Congress, 'British India Committee' , was established under the leadership of Dadabhai Navroji. |
| 27-July-1910 | Bande Ali Khan, great singer of `Beenkar' and `Kirana Gharana', passed away. |
| 27-July-1914 | Kalpana Dutta, great freedom fighter, was born at Chatgaon. (27th July, 1914). |
| 27-July-1927 | Krishna Baldev Vaid, famous story writer and novelist, was born. |
| 27-July-1928 | Rameshwar Sahai Saxena, famous writer, lawyer and journalist, was born at Lalitpur, (UP). |
| 27-July-1941 | Japanese forces land in Indo-China. |
| 27-July-1947 | Princes were appealed to regard people's paramountcy as a privilege. |
| 27-July-1949 | Agreement reached on the ceasefire line in Kashmir. |
| 27-July-1959 | Abbas Ali Baig scores 112 for India v England on debut. |
| 27-July-1972 | Charu Majumdar, father of Naxalite Movement and the founder President of C.O.I.(M-L), died in prison. |
| 27-July-1982 | Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi first visited the US in almost 11 years. |
| 27-July-1986 | The Supreme Court orders all-India test for medical seats. |
| 27-July-1991 | Army called out in Srinagar valley after an attack on security forces in which 17 persons were killed. |
| 27-July-1992 | Amjad Khan, famous film actor, died. |
| 27-July-1993 | Rao government defeats the no-confidence motion by 265-251 votes. Seven of the JD (A) vote with government as JD (A) and AIADMK decide to vote for no-confidence motion. |
| 27-July-1994 | Parliament votes to ban tests for determining the sex of an unborn child, as these tests have resulted in thousands of aborted female fetuses. |
| 27-July-1995 | 11 Cong-I and National Conference activists were gunned down in J&K after they were abducted from their homes. |
| 27-July-1998 | Gian Singh, convicted for the murder of Sant Harchand Singh Longowal, is sentenced to death. |
| 27-July-1998 | B. B. Lyngdoh is sworn in Meghalaya Chief Minister. |
| 27-July-1998 | 17 Hindus are gunned down in two Doda villages of Jammu and Kashmir. |
| 27-July-1998 | The Centre announces a hefty hike in the pay scales of university and college teachers. |
