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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
| 09/27/1703 |
More than 8,000 people died in a cyclone in England. |
| 09/27/1760 |
Mir Zafar was deposed and his son-in-law Mir Kasim became the Nawab of Bengal. He ruled till July 7, 1763. |
| 09/27/1833 |
Raja Rammohan Roy, great social reformer, lawyer and politician passed away at Stapleton Grove in England. |
| 09/27/1856 |
Pratap Narayan Mishra, Hindi writer, was born. He is one of the pioneers of mordern Hindi language. |
| 09/27/1873 |
Vithalbhai Patel, great freedom fighter, social worker, nationalist leader, politician and President of the Central Assembly, was born at Karmasad, Gujarat. |
| 09/27/1907 |
Bhagat Singh, the legendary revolutionary, was born at Banga in West Punjab, Layalpur now in Pakistan. |
| 09/27/1908 |
Shiv Verma, great soldier, was born. |
| 09/27/1925 |
Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh was established. |
| 09/27/1958 |
Mihir Sen becomes the first Indian to cross the English Channel from Dover to Calais. |
| 09/27/1972 |
Shri Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, prolific author and first librarian of the University of Madras, passed away at the age of 80 at Bangalore. |
| 09/27/1974 |
Pankaj Dharmani, Indian ODI batsman (1997), was born. |
| 09/27/1977 |
Sanjiva Reddy was elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha. Government revokes the external emergency promulgated on December 3, 1971. |
| 09/27/1989 |
The second test launching of India's surface-to-surface missile, 'Prithvi', from Sri Harikota was successful. |
| 09/27/1989 |
Hemanta Kumar Mukherjee, noted playback singer and music director, died. |
| 09/27/1990 |
Kabita Garari sets record for 10 Km W (Women) in 48.10 at Beijing Asian Games. |
| 09/27/1993 |
Daily newspaper of Marathi Language ""Samna"" started its publication at Sambhaji Nagar (Aurangabad). |
| 09/27/1995 |
Cellular phone service operates for the first time in Delhi. |
| 09/27/1995 |
73 people died in a coal mine accident in Gaslitand in Dhanbad district, Bihar, when flood water leaked into the mine. |
| 09/27/1999 |
Harshad Mehta and three others are convicted for misappropriating surplus funds of the Maruti Udyog Ltd. |
| 09/27/2000 |
Gurucharan Singh goes down fighting to Andri Fedtchouk of Ukraine in the 81 Kg bout of the Olympics boxing. |
| 09/27/2000 |
The Union Cabinet decides to increase the number of Padma series of awards for excellence in different fields of activities from 60 to 100. |
| 09/27/2000 |
Venus Williams of USA claims the women's gold in the tennis event in the Sydney Olympics. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 06/20/1979 | Renedy Singh, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Manipur. |
| 10/27/1982 | Gandhiji's personal secretary Pyare Lal died. |
| 06/24/1908 | Gopinath, famous Kathakali dancer, was born. |
| 02/23/1997 | 176 people dead and 500 injured in a major fire at a religious congregation in Baripada, Orissa. |
| 11/25/1977 | John Lobo became the Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 30/06/79). |
| 04/19/1995 | Rajendra Kumari Bajpai appointed the Lt. Governor of Pondichery. |
| 08/15/1925 | Sadashiv Pandurang Jantre, great freedom fighter and social worker, was born . |
| 03/04/2000 | Geeta Mukherjee (76), veteran communist leader, died of a massive heart attack in New Delhi. Popularly known as 'Geetadi', she won every Lok Sabha election from Panskura in West Bengal since 1980. |
| 09/03/1979 | M. M. Bhatnagar was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 14-06-1985. |
| 12/24/1762 | Gopalrao defeated in the battle of Jamkhindi. |
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