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Historical Event on 8/27/1604

Guru Granth Sahib was established in the Golden Temple of Amritsar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/8/1985P. K. Kaul was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 22-08-1986.
5/12/1987Britain's HMS Hermes becomes Indian Navy's second aircraft carrier named INS Viraat.
2/8/1971Kanhaiyalal Maniklal Munshi, writer, administrator, leader and founder of Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, died.
7/2/1997Screening for Hepatitis C made mandatory all over India.
8/14/1987Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan (1890-1988), Frontier Gandhi. He is the first non-Indian to receive this honour.
5/2/1921Satyajeet Ray, world famous film director and a very short story writer, was born in a family of artistS. In 1989, he was awarded highest honour of France ''Legion d Honeur''.
8/27/1859Dorabji Jamshetji Tata, great industrialist, was born.
7/3/1941Adoor Gopalakrishnan, cinematographer (Kathapurushan, Mathulikal), was born.
10/31/1999Dr. S. S. Badrinath gets Dhanvantari Award.
7/21/1975Hindi Post Guards was established by Government.