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Historical Event on 1/27/1904
R. P. Kanitkar, veteran writer, nationalist, journalist and editor, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/19/2000 | A `civil coup' in Fiji ousts the first ethnic Indian Prime Minister Mahendra Pal Choudhary. President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara proclaims a state of emergency. |
| 2/12/1995 | The 3-phase-budget session begins with the address of President Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma in the joint sitting of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. |
| 5/7/1994 | Sunit Khatau, famous industrialist and textile magnet in Mumbai and owner of Khatau Group, was murdered. He was 55. |
| 8/25/1959 | Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister, declares in New Delhi that India will defend Bhutan and Sikkim if attacked by China. |
| 4/11/1999 | The DRDO has successfully flight tested AGNI-11 with a range of 2000 km, using solid propellant rocket motors in both stages and rail mobile launcher system from its new launch complex in the Orissa Coast. With this launch the country has reached the point of operationalisation of AGNI-11 as a weapon system. (1-1-2000). |
| 11/1/1990 | JD Government in Gujarat, headed by Chimanbhai Patel, defeats no-confidence motion with Congress (I) support. |
| 3/21/1921 | Indian National Congress decided it's Flag. |
| 1/8/1941 | Swami Pranabananda Maharaj, father of Bharat Sevashram Sangha, passed away. |
| 2/5/1922 | Gandhiji, following Chauri Chaura (U.P.) tragedy in which 22 police constables and one sub-inspector were burnt to death by a mob, fasts for five days and abandons plan of satyagraha movement. |
| 6/1/1890 | Sri Seeripi Anjaneyulu, journalist, social reformer and educationist, was born at Dharmavaram, Anantapur. |
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