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Historical Event on 9/27/2000

Gurucharan Singh goes down fighting to Andri Fedtchouk of Ukraine in the 81 Kg bout of the Olympics boxing.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/13/1949Maharashtra Granthalay Sangh was established.
10/13/1967Vasant Prabhu, famous music director, died.
4/24/1959Nehru meets the exiled Dalai Lama in Mussoorie.
11/20/1969Gundappa Viswanath scores 137 on Test Cricket debut vs Australia in Kanpur.
6/22/1971Habib Muhammad died.
5/11/1999Centre removes the West Bengal Governor A. R. Kidwai. The Arunachal Pradesh Governor Mata Prasad had also been asked to step down.
12/31/1995K.P.S. Gill, DGP of Punjab, retires from service.
7/31/1933Gandhiji was arrested from Sabarmati Ashram and imprisoned without trial.
2/25/1894Meher Baba (1894-1969) of Poona, Indian saint of Persian origin and gifted with psychic powers of prediction, was born. The mystical teachings of this silent sage stressed love, self-inquiry and God consciousness.
3/12/1992A devastating wave of car-bomb explosions killed an estimated 300 people and injured hundreds more today in the large western Indian port city of Bombay. The first blast ripped through the city's stock exchange building, and minutes later a dozen slightly less powerful explosions rocked the bustling city center.The bomb attacks appeared to have been part of a carefully planned operation.The devices were clearly meant to cause maximum loss of life and damage to property.