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Historical Event on 8/27/1994
Indian soldiers and Muslim militants clash in Kashmir.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/18/1971 | Air India's first Jumbo Jet Plane passenger Boeing 747 named 'Emperor Samrat Ashok' was landed on Santacruz Airport at Bombay. |
| 1/15/1947 | Pritish Nandi, famous journalist, was born. Abul Kalam Azad became Minister of Education in the Government of India. |
| 10/12/1907 | Durgaprasad Mandelia, famous merchant and industrialist, was born. |
| 1/7/1987 | Kapil Dev takes his 300th Test wicket. At 28, he was the youngest cricketer to accomplish this feat. |
| 1/1/1998 | The Election Commission announces the poll schedule for the 12th Lok Sabha. The polling will be on February 16, 22, 28 and March 7. Simultaneously, elections are to be held for the Meghalaya, Tripura, Nagaland, Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assemblies. |
| 9/27/1833 | Raja Rammohan Roy, great social reformer, lawyer and politician passed away at Stapleton Grove in England. |
| 5/8/1959 | Dalai Lama will not be allowed to campaign for Tibetan independence in India. India wants to maintain friendly relations with Communist China. |
| 11/17/1948 | Despite the scepticism on the part of the US and British advisers concerning the feasibility of the scheme, the first half-dozen HAL-reconditioned B-24s were ready by November 1948 and, on the 17th of that month, No. 5 Squadron was formed with these heavy bombers. |
| 11/17/1948 | Vasco-de-Gama was the Last Viceroy of Portuguese, who ruled India. |
| 2/15/1951 | Stephen H. Smith, father and pioneer of Indian Aero Philately or air borne mail, passed away. |
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