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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
| 03/27/1552 |
Guru Angad Dev, Sikh Guru, passed away. |
| 03/27/1767 |
Khanderao Holkar, one of the Generals in Peshwa kingdom, passed away. |
| 03/27/1845 |
Wilhelm Conrad Von Roentgen, professor and first nobel prize winner, was born at Lennep, Germany. |
| 03/27/1878 |
Britishers sent Indian soldiers to Malta considering that the Russian would attack. |
| 03/27/1898 |
Syed Ahmad Khan, great social reformer, educationist, journalist, leader and one of the most eminent builders of Modern India, passed away at Aligarh. |
| 03/27/1942 |
Gandhiji meets Sir Stafford Cripps in New Delhi; later declares Cripps proposals to be a ""post-dated cheque"". |
| 03/27/1966 |
Indira Gandhi meets Johnson in Washington. |
| 03/27/1977 |
The government revoked the national Emergency promulgated on Dec. 3, 1971. |
| 03/27/1977 |
N. Sanjeeva Reddy elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha. |
| 03/27/1989 |
Delhi beat Bengal by an innings and 210 to win the Ranji Trophy. |
| 03/27/1989 |
T. N. Seshan was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 23-12-1989. |
| 03/27/1990 |
A 10-member Progressive Democratic Front Ministry led by Churchill Alemao sworn in Goa. |
| 03/27/1990 |
21 people die as a bus accidentally touched a high voltage wire in Karagpur India. |
| 03/27/1991 |
Chautala recommends Assembly dissolution. |
| 03/27/1992 |
India signs Friendship Treaty with Ukraine. |
| 03/27/1993 |
Hari Singh from Haryana hijacks an IA plane, but surrender after 8 hours. |
| 03/27/1996 |
President and Governors of respective states issue notifications for elections to the 11th Lok Sabha and 6 State Assemblies. |
| 03/27/1997 |
40 more inducted in UP cabinet, raising strength to 45. |
| 03/27/1997 |
Punjab men and Railway women win National volleyball league in Tiruppur. |
| 03/27/1997 |
South African President Nelson Mandela arrives in New Delhi on official visit. |
| 03/27/1999 |
World No. 2 Viswanathan Anand won the title with a round to spare in the rapid section of the Amber rapid and blindfold chess tournaments in Monte Carlo. |
| 03/27/2000 |
After more than two-and-a-half-years, a Delhi court resumes trial in the St. Kitts forgery case following Delhi High Court's order upholding the lower court's verdict on framing of charges. |
| 03/27/2000 |
Mohan Bagan lifts title in the National Football league in Calcutta. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 08/15/1997 | K. R. Narayanan, President, posthumously confers nation's highest peace-time gallantry award 'Ashok Chakra' to second Lieutenant Puneet Dutta. |
| 02/22/1994 | Punjab brought back to international air map after 10 years with the introduction of flights to 8 countries from Amritsar Rajasansi Airport. |
| 12/22/1994 | Sunil Gavaskar takes oath of office as the Sheriff of Bombay. |
| 12/28/2000 | The Kanchi Acharya presents the Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati national eminence awards to former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao, Smt. M.S. Subbulakshmi (in absentia), scientist Ramnarayan Agarwal and pravachan artist Rameshbhai Ojha. |
| 07/25/1992 | Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma sworn in as the ninth President of India. He remain in this office from July 25, 1992 to July 25, 1997. |
| 07/19/2000 | The Centre has no locus standi in Thackeray case, says the Prime Minister and rejects the resignations of Shiv Sena nominees in the Union Cabinet-- Manohar Joshi, Suresh Prabhu and Balasaheb Vikhe-Patil. |
| 07/23/1933 | Jatindra Mohan Sengupta, great leader, lawyer, social worker, freedom fighter, nationalist and president of Bengal Swaraj Party, died at Ranchi. He was addresed by the people of Bengal as 'Deshapriya' (Beloved of the Country). |
| 10/06/1999 | Sonia Gandhi, Congress(I) president, won the Bellary Lok Sabha seat defeating her BJP rival Sushma Swaraj by a margin of 56,100 votes. |
| 09/04/1997 | Madhavrao Scindia, Tariq Anwar, Meira Kumar, Oscar Fernandes and R. R. Dhawan appointed AICC general-secretaries by party president Sitaram Kesri. |
| 08/09/1998 | India moves the World Trade Organisation against the European Union reimposing anti-dumping duties on unbleached cotton gray fabric imports. |
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