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Historical Event on 2/27/1912

Vishnu Waman Shirwadkar 'Kusumagraj', great Marathi poet, play-wright, novelist and Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Awardee, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/25/1983Telugu Desam swept to power in Andhra Pradesh.
4/30/1958Shiekh Abdulla taken into custody.
8/23/1995First ever cellular phone service begins in Calcutta.
5/1/1996International women's master Anupama Gokhale of Bharat Petroleum becomes the first woman in the history of Indian chess to win an all-India level international rating tournament with her bagging the Mohammed Hassan memorial title.
11/1/1996K.L. Chugh and J.N. Sapru, former chairmen of ITC, remanded to custody in connection with FERA violation case.
2/9/1991India holds the last decennial census of the century.
2/5/1992Ajit Singh elected 'real J.D.' President.
9/11/1913Waman Ganesh Talwalkar, Marathi journalist and story writer, was born.
10/16/1999A woman is elected as the Speaker of the Sikkim Assembly.
3/5/1993The government de-reserves the mining industry throwing it open to private sector as well as to foreign investment.