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Historical Event on 8/27/1952

Vigyan Mandir inaugurated at Nazafgarh Road, New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/10/1623Shah Jahan entered Rajputana and raided Amber crossing the Tapti. He arrived near the kingdom of Golconda and from there passed on to Orissa which was surrendered to him.
11/15/1621Jahangir captured Kakda Fort.
3/10/1912Anant Ramachandra Joshi, cricket Test Umpire for 12 test from 1948-5, was born in Maharashtra.
10/27/1937Abdul Karim Khan, famous singer of 'Kirana Gharana', died.
5/22/1996United Front prime ministerial candidate H.D. Deve Gowda unanimously elected leader of the Front's parliamentary party.
4/18/1970Dr. Dharmendra of the Indian Council of Medical Research awarded the Damien-Duttan Award for outstanding work in leprosy.
4/11/1913Iron ropes bridge known as 'Laxman Jhula' was constructed over Ganga at Hrishikesh 
1/18/1842Mahadev Govind Ranade was born. He was the chief architect of Bombay Prathana Samaj.
8/6/1920Film Censor Board at Bombay started working. The first film censored and granted a Censor Certificate No. 1 was a short film of 600 ft., produced by Gaumont Company and it was titled as 'Gaumont Graphic No. 963-964'. The Regional Film Censor Boards were also set-up in Calcutta, Madras and Rangoon.
1/22/1922Shanta Buddhisagar, famous Marathi writer, was born.