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Historical Event on 10/27/2000
The Vajpayee Government 'clears' the names of Surjit Singh Barnala, Prabhat Kumar and Dinanath Tiwari for appointment as the Governors of the new States of Uttaranchal, Jharkhand and Chhatisgarh respectively.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/9/1967 | Bhartiya Kranti Dal, a new political party founded. |
| 1/20/1957 | First Indian Atomic Reactor ""Apsara"" at Trombay, Mumbai, was dedicated to the nation. |
| 6/28/1921 | Sahityaratna P. V. Narsingh Rao, former Prime Minister of India, was born. |
| 5/30/1919 | Rabindranath Tagore returned back the honour as a protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. |
| 1/5/1869 | Venkatesh Tirko Kulkarni, famous Kannad novelist 'Galagnath', was born. |
| 12/4/1924 | Gateway of India was inagurated by Lord Riding. |
| 7/10/1927 | Ganga Ram, great social reformer and founder of Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi, died in England while functioning as an active member of the Royal Commission on Agriculture. He was against dowry and child marriages and advocated widow re-marriage and also established institutions for vocational education and education for adults. |
| 7/2/1999 | Sahara India, sponsor of the Sahara Cup annual cricket series between India and Pakistan in Canada, withdrew sponsorship in view of the Kargil conflict. |
| 12/20/1929 | The Indian State Air Service, an extension of Imperial Airways' routes, opens its inaugural service from Karachi to Delhi. |
| 2/10/1957 | Pranab Pankaj Roy, cricketer (son of Pankaj, Indian batsman 1982), was born in Calcutta. |
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