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Historical Event on 2/27/1992

Narasimha Rao elected Congress (I) President in the party poll held after a gap of 20 years.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/7/1999The Indian Army recaptures Jubar height in the Batalik sector.
9/30/1999Hindi writer Prof. Prem Shankar and Tamil scholar Ashokamitran selected for K.K. Birla Foundation Fellowships in comparative Indian literature.
6/23/1757The Battle of Plassey started between Robert Clive, incharge of British army, and Nawab of Bengal, Siraj -Ud -Daula. In this battle Robert Clive won control of Bengal.
3/30/1994Bombay beat Bengal by 8 wickets to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy.
8/22/1992Congress (I) with its allies secures a simple majority in the Lok Sabha following the merger of Telugu Desam into the party.
11/15/1993IA Airbus with 272 on board forcelands on a paddy field near Tirupati; all passengers safe.
11/15/1993Genghis Khan, Monghol conqueror, passed away.
11/15/1993
11/15/1993Amir Timur of Timur Lang invaded India with 92 squadrons of horses and 90,000 cavalry and reached the banks of Sindhu river near Atak city (now in Pakistan). He then attacked Delhi because its Muslim Sultanate was too tolerant of Hindu idolatry. A Mongolian follower of Sufism, he was one of the most ruthless of all conquerors. Timur crossed the Indus River at Attock (now in Pakistan) on 24 September 1398.
12/20/1904Virendranarayan Chakravorthy, former Indian Ambassador in England and Governor of Haryana, was born.