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27th SEPTEMBER TODAY IN HISTORY - DINVISHESH GHADAMODI

Today in Indian History
Events for September 27

27-September-1703	More than 8,000 people died in a cyclone in England.
27-September-1760	Mir Zafar was deposed and his son-in-law Mir Kasim became the Nawab of Bengal. He ruled till July 7, 1763.
27-September-1833	Raja Rammohan Roy, great social reformer, lawyer and politician passed away at Stapleton Grove in England.
27-September-1856	Pratap Narayan Mishra, Hindi writer, was born. He is one of the pioneers of mordern Hindi language.
27-September-1873	Vithalbhai Patel, great freedom fighter, social worker, nationalist leader, politician and President of the Central Assembly, was born at Karmasad, Gujarat.
27-September-1907	Bhagat Singh, the legendary revolutionary, was born at Banga in West Punjab, Layalpur now in Pakistan.
27-September-1908	Shiv Verma, great soldier, was born.
27-September-1925	Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh was established.
27-September-1950	Mihir Sen became the first Indian to swim across the British Channel.
27-September-1958	Mihir Sen becomes the first Indian to cross the English Channel.
27-September-1972	Shri Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, prolific author and first librarian of the University of Madras, passed away at the age of 80 at Bangalore.
27-September-1974	Pankaj Dharmani, Indian ODI batsman (1997), was born.
27-September-1977	Sanjiva Reddy was elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha. Government revokes the external emergency promulgated on December 3, 1971.
27-September-1989	The second test launching of India's surface-to-surface missile, 'Prithvi', from Sri Harikota was successful.
27-September-1989	Hemanta Kumar Mukherjee, noted playback singer and music director, died.
27-September-1990	Kabita Garari sets record for 10 Km W (Women) in 48.10 at Beijing Asian Games.
27-September-1993	Daily newspaper ""Samna"" started its publication at Sambhajina
27-September-1995	Cellular phone service operates for the first time in Delhi.
27-September-1995	73 people died in a coal mine accident in Gaslitand in Dhanbad district, Bihar, when flood water leaked into the mine.
27-September-1999	Harshad Mehta and three others are convicted for misappropriating surplus funds of the Maruti Udyog Ltd.
27-September-2000	Gurucharan Singh goes down fighting to Andri Fedtchouk of Ukraine in the 81 Kg bout of the Olympics boxing.
27-September-2000	The Union Cabinet decides to increase the number of Padma series of awards for excellence in different fields of activities from 60 to 100.
27-September-2000	Venus Williams of USA claims the women's gold in the tennis event in the Sydney Olympics.