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Historical Event on 2/27/1956

G. V. Mavlankar, first speaker of Lok Sabha, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/6/1994Ram Mahadik, Congress leader, passed away.
6/14/1958Dr. C.V. Raman receives the Lenin Peace Prize in Kremlin.
12/14/1968Chaggan Baba (Chagganlal Karamshi Parekh), great social worker and founder of Mahila Griha Udyog and Lijjat Papad, died.
3/30/1997Congress Party withdraws support to the 10-month old H. D. Deve Gowda Government at the centre, and stakes its claim to form an alternative government.
2/25/1844Girishchandra Ghosh, famous Bengali actor and dramatist, was born.
2/3/1992Kapil Dev becomes the second highest wicket-taker in Test Cricket when he took his 400th wicket, that of Mark Taylor, in the Perth Test (New Zealand's Richard Hadlee with 431 wickets being the first).
4/22/1999Lok Sabha passes the 1999-2000 general budget through voice vote but without a debate and without amendments.
10/6/1997International Commodity Exchange Division of the India Pepper and Spice Trade Association in Kochi opened.
4/4/1987Agney, famous Hindi litterateur and Gyanpeeth Award winning poet, passed away.
4/27/1994Supreme Court strikes down section 309 of the Indian Penal Code(which makes suicide a punishable offence)- violative of Article 21.