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Historical Event on 1/27/1904

R. P. Kanitkar, veteran writer, nationalist, journalist and editor, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/7/1993Narsimha Rao,PM, arrives in Bangkok on a three-day visit to Thailand.
12/1/1993World AIDS day.
6/26/1888Ghanshyam Das Birla, great freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Pilani.
6/4/1932Mahendranath Gupt, follower of Ramkrishna Paramhans, passed away.
8/17/1761William Carey, the first English missionary to India, was born. He taught at the newly founded Fort William College at Calcutta from 1801 till his death and helped found the Serampore Press, which made the Bible accessible to over 300 million people.
2/18/1992Vasantrao Karnik, great journalist, passed away.
1/14/1990India and Maldives scrap visas.
1/6/1980In the general election (7th) of India, Indira Gandhi led Indian National Congress Party gains two-thirds majority in the Lok Sabha legislative elections.
8/20/1988Earthquake measuring 6.5 on Richter Scale strikes India and Nepal. Thousands killed.
9/24/1999The Chief Controller of Defence Accounts (pensions) was renamed as the Principal Controller of Defence Accounts(Pensions), Allahabad.