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Historical Event on 7/27/1998

7 Hindus are gunned down in two Doda villages of Jammu and Kashmir.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/3/1998Kavi Pradeep, Hindi film lyricist, is selected for the 1997 Dada Saheb Phalke award.
9/11/1968Central Government provides more autonomy to hilly region of Assam.
4/17/1926Chandrashekhar, eighth Prime Minister of India, was born.
9/10/1911Jatin Chakravorty, social reformer, politician and trade unionist, was born at Comilla, Bangladesh.
12/11/1998Kavi Pradeep (84), poet who received 1998 Dadasaheb Phalke award, dies in Mumbai. He was a patriotic song writer and wrote several immortal Hindi film songs.
8/25/2000Veerappan seeks release of 121 prisoners, including 51 booked under TADA at the Mysore prison and compensation to victims of STF excesses 
11/18/1973Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, passed away. She came to India in 1914.
3/13/1997H. D. Deve Gowda, Prime Minister, presented the G. K. Reddy Memorial Award to Shekhar Gupta, Chief Editor of The Indian Express.
10/4/1986Helicoptor Corporation of India established.
9/10/2000Marat Safin wins the men's singles in the US open championship.