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Historical Event on 8/27/1946
Gandhiji cables warning to British Government against repetition of ""Bengal Tragedy"". He also wrote to Wavell.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/4/1832 | Darpan', a fortnightly magazine started publishing as a weekly. |
| 8/14/1987 | Bharat 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. |
| 2/10/1803 | Jagannath Sunkerseth, great social worker, education lover and one of the sculptors of modern Mumbai, was born. |
| 9/5/1872 | V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, great freeom fighter, social reformer, prolific writer, politician and leader, was born at Ottapidaram village in Tamil Nadu. |
| 1/17/1997 | Supreme Court bans all non-forest activities including running of saw mills and mining in forest areas. |
| 11/16/1908 | Bommi Narsingh Reddy, famous film story writer, was born. |
| 2/28/1884 | Veer Surendra Sai, freedom fighter and revolutionary, passed away. |
| 6/11/2000 | 27 army personnel die after the bus carrying them plunges into a gorge at a spot 80 km from Jammu. |
| 10/22/1796 | Sawai Madhav Rao Peshwa II committed suicide by jumping from the terrace. |
| 4/20/1888 | 246 reported killed by an hail storm in Moradabad, India. |
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