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Historical Event on 11/27/1976
Gajanan Tryambak Madkholkar, famous journalist, novelist and critic, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/20/1897 | Gandhiji declines to prosecute assailants. |
| 3/6/1995 | Arun Tamhankar, great journalist, died. |
| 5/24/1991 | The body of Rajiv Gandhi, India's assassinated former premier and son of the late Indira Gandhi, was cremated in New Delhi today. He was killed by a suicide bomber in the southern state of Tamil Nadu three days ago. Police suspect that Tamil rebels, fighting for independence in Sri Lanka, carried out the murder. Gandhi's death signaled the end of the Nehru dynasty's rule over India. His two children were too young to assume the leadership of this turbulent nation. There was pressure for Sonia Gandhi to succeed her husband, but she was Italian-born and refused. |
| 1/23/1919 | Govindagraj (Ram Ganesh Gadkari), great Marathi drama writer, comedy writer and poet, passed away. |
| 9/19/1997 | Ambar Roy, Indian test batsman (1969-70), died in Calcutta. |
| 7/23/1906 | Chandrashekhar Azad, great freedom revolutionery and leader, was born at Jhabra, Madhya Pradesh. |
| 9/11/1985 | Sri Lanka score their first Test victory by 149 runs against India. |
| 1/25/1917 | Captain P.K. Sahgal, freedom fighter who attended Indian Military Academy course at Dehradun, was born at Hoshiarpur. |
| 9/8/1995 | Harcharan Singh Brar sworn in as the Chief Minister of Punjab. |
| 5/28/1966 | B. S. Chawla was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 21-02-1973. |
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