27 JAN HISTORY EVENTS
Today in Indian History Events for January 27
27-January-1888Jinvijayji Muni, famous Shwetambar Jain Yati, was born.
27-January-1901Tarkatirtha Laxmanshastri Joshi, the great thinker, master of Sanskrit and editor of Marathi Vishwakosh, was born.
27-January-1904R. P. Kanitkar, veteran writer, nationalist, journalist and editor, was born.
27-January-1924Sabu [Dastagir], actor (Elephant Boy, Drum), was born in India.
27-January-1926Arunkumar Vaidya, former General of Indian Army, was born.
27-January-1927Michael Craig, actor (Escape 2000, Vault of Horror), was born in Pune.
27-January-1931Mahatma Gandhi was released from jail, ending eight months of imprisonment for his campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. To avoid demonstrations, Gandhi was released late in the evening from the Yerovda jail and put on a night train to Bombay. There was hope in British circles that the release of Gandhi would end the strife and lead to discussions of dominion status. Gandhi made clear, however, that he would persist in his civil disobedience campaign.
27-January-1948Gandhiji visits Mehrauli Muslim Fair.
27-January-1967Maharashtra State Text book manufacturing and carriculum modification Corporation established at Pune.
27-January-1967Delimitation Agreement for Warfare in space was signed by 60 nations in United Nation.
27-January-1970Probir Sen, cricketer, 20 catches & 11 stumpings and 14 Tests for India, passed away.
27-January-1972V. S. Sarvate (Tatya Saheb), great revolutionary writer, passed away.
27-January-1974President V. V. Giri inaugurated the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Museum and it was opened for public at Teen Murti House, New Delhi.
27-January-1984First unit of Atomic Energy Production Centre started at Kalpakkam.
27-January-1987P. T. Usha nominated the Asian Athlete of 1986 by the US Sports Academy (USA).
27-January-1988The first ever helicopter mail service was inaugurated at Andaman and Nicobar Islands
27-January-1989M. Karunanidhi sworn in as DMK CM in Tamil Nadu.
27-January-199455 miners, trapped inside New Kenda Colliery of Eastern Coal Fields, die.
27-January-1994Union Cabinet approves inclusion of the land reforms laws in the 9th Schedule of the Constitution.
27-January-1995K.V. Krishna Rao, J&K Governor, gets another term.
27-January-1995Rajiv Gandhi Container Terminal open at Kochi port.
27-January-1996`Prithvi', surface-to-surface missile, test-fired successfully.
27-January-1999P. Krishnamurthy, former Indian wicketkeeper, died in Hyderabad following a cardiac arrest.
27-January-2000K.R. Narayanan, President, opposes any tinkering with the Constitution.
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