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Historical Event on 7/27/1991

Army called out in Srinagar valley after an attack on security forces in which 17 persons were killed.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/18/1975Syed Nazir Ali, cricketer (2 Tests for India, 4 wickets), passed away.
2/27/1854Lord Dalhousie captured Jhansi under the East India Company.
9/19/1936Pandit Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, expert in north Indian classical music, died. He was also a lawyer, professor and social reformer.
11/21/1921Prince of Wales visited India and Congress observed all India strike.
6/9/1923K. Alagirisami, famous journalist, playwright and story writer, was born.
11/22/1993Gulshen Ahmed, Himachal Governor, resigns in the wake of an official report that he canvassed for his son in Satna.
2/15/1951Stephen H. Smith, father and pioneer of Indian Aero Philately or air borne mail, passed away.
10/5/1997Kiran Bedi, India's first woman police officer, was awarded the Joseph Beuys prize for her work in reforming the largest prison of the country.
11/12/1954Bharat Reddy, cricket wicket-keeper (India 1979), was born in Madras.
11/10/1922S. K. Raghunath Rao, cricket test umpire for 7 tests from 1960-67, was born in Karnataka.