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Historical Event on 6/27/1964

Teen Murti Bhavan, official residence of the Prime Minister of India, became the Nehru Memorial Museum.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/8/1905Dhyanchand, great Hockey player, was born.
3/21/1993The 68 km Mangalore-Udupi stretch of the west coast Konkan rail line opened by the PM.
11/17/1857Sir Colin Campbell, British Army Officer, managed to supress Indian Mutiny sepoys at Lucknow.
2/9/1985Editor of 'Sakal', a Marathi daily newspaper, passed away.
11/7/1862Bahadurshah Jafar -II died at Rangoon in British prision.
11/16/1877Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, professor, pioneer and innovator, died. He was the first Indian who was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, London. He introduced lighting by gas and was the first to build ""INDUS"", a steam-ship in India in 1833. He also introduced sewing machine, photography and electro-plat
9/16/1977Kesarbai Kerkar, famous classical singer, died in Bombay.
3/30/1977Swami Agnivesh merged his 'Bhartiya Aryasabha Party' in Janata Party.
11/6/1952Dipal Jayant Tilak, journalist and editor, was born.
8/8/1923Floods on the Ganges and Jumna rivers cause loss of life in Benares, India.