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Historical Event on 5/27/1930

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was arrested during Salt Movement.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/11/1913Gandhi sentenced to nine months' imprisonment at South Africa.
5/3/1969Dr. Zakir Hussain(1897-1969), third President of India and the first Muslim President who occupied this office on 13 May, 1967, passed away. He is also remembered as an educationist.
7/1/1982MGR inaugurates Tamil Nadu's noon meal programme for poor children.
2/22/1913Judge Mirza Hameedullah Beg, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born in Lucknow.
3/18/1916Pratapsinh Mathuradas Vissanji, great industrialist, was born at Bombay.
7/13/1905Gandhiji opposes Bengal Partition, supports boycott of British goods. During Gokhale Lajpat Rai's deputation to Britain, he appeals to Colonial statesmen to treat India ""an integral part of the Empire"" with consideration. Sanjeevan, weekly from Calcutta, also raised the motto to boycott British Goods.
8/25/1965Indian troops cross the Kashmir ceasefire line pursuing Pakistani infiltrators.
2/9/1874Govind Tryambak Darekar, Marathi poet, was born.
12/6/1997Nine persons killed and over 60 injured in bomb blasts in three trains which left Chennai. Blasts occurred in Tiruchi, Erode (Tamil Nadu) and Trissur in Kerala.
12/3/1979Dhyan Chand, famous master of Hockey and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away.