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Historical Event on 5/27/1857

Nana Sahib was captured at Kanpur.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/22/1947India's Last Viceroy Lord Louise Mountbatten came to India.
1/15/1996Restoration of the original name of the city as ""Mumbai"" for Bombay Vide Maharashtra Act No, XXV of 1996.
5/9/1933Gandhiji announced suspension of Civil Disobedience Movement for six weeks and called on the Government to withdraw its Ordinances.
12/25/1861Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, freedom fighter and founder of Banaras Hindu University, was born at Allahabad.
9/24/1992Union Labour Minister announces a new export-oriented emigration policy in place of the regulatory one.
5/14/1956Govt announces that decimal coinage will be introduced in India from April 1, 1957.
8/15/1947Brigadier Thakur Mahadeo Singh was the first Indian Commandant. He was the DSO of Indian Militery Academy.
12/11/1999Dr. M. L. Madhu, poet and translator, wins the Pushkin Gold Medal award.
11/17/1966India's beauty queen Rita Faria was crowned as 'Miss World' in World Beauty contest held in London. She was a medical student.
11/7/1862Bahadurshah Jafar -II died at Rangoon in British prision.