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Historical Event on 1/27/1996

'Prithvi', surface-to-surface missile, test-fired successfully.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/4/1899Vishnuprasad Ranchhoddas Trivedi, famous critic in Gujrati, educationist and author, was born at Umreth, Gujarat .
8/15/1947Indian Independence Day.
12/4/1999Uman J. Shah is sworn in West Bengal Governor.
4/1/1989UN Peace-keeping Force arrives in Windhoek to prefare for independence of Namibia.
7/23/2000Ram Jethmalani, Union Law Minister, quits the Cabinet after the Prime Minister shows him the door following the outbursts against the Chief Justice of India, Dr. A. S. Anand.
12/14/199410 IAF personnel of the first batch were reinducted and the last batch left on 20th Dec 94. Cpl Nasir was left as a lying casualty due to injuries sustained in the RPG explosion.
9/2/1993Vice Admiral V.S. Shekhawat appointed new naval chief.
8/18/1945Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose left Saigon and is believed to have died in a Japanese aeroplane crash at Taihoku Airport in Taiwan.
12/6/1956Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (Babasaheb), great social worker, politician and writer of Indian constitution, passed away in Bombay.
6/16/1925Chittaranjan Das, great freedom fighter, revolutionary, orator, poet, journalist and lawyer, died.