Today Importance - 27th September
27-Sep-1703
More than 8,000 people died in the cyclone that hit England.
27-Sep-1760
Mir Zafar was deposed and his son-in-law Mir Qasim became the Nawab of Bengal. He ruled until 7 July 1763.
27-Sep-1833
Raja Rammohun Roy, great social reformer, lawyer and politician, died at Stapleton Grove, England.
27-Sep-1856
Birth of Hindi writer Pratap Narayan Mishra. He is one of the pioneers of modern Hindi language.
27-Sep-1873
The great freedom fighter, philanthropist, nationalist leader, politician and Speaker of the Central Assembly Bitalvai Patel was born in Karamsad, Gujarat.
27-Sep-1907
The great revolutionary Bhagat Singh was born in Banga, Lyallpur, West Punjab, now in Pakistan.
27-Sep-1908
The great warrior Shivavarma was born.
27-Sep-1925
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh was established.
27-Sep-1958
Mihir Sen was the first Indian to cross the English Channel from Dover to Calais.
27-Sep-1972
Eminent writer and first librarian of Madras University, Sri Sheali Ramamrit Ranganathan died in Bangalore at the age of 80.
27-Sep-1974
Indian ODI batsman Pankaj Dharmani (born 1997).
27-Sep-1977
Sanjeev Reddy was elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha. The government revoked the external emergency imposed on December 3, 1971.
27-Sep-1989
Second test of surface-to-surface missile 'Prithvi' from Sri Harikota was successful.
27-Sep-1989
Renowned playback singer and music director Hemant Kumar Mukherjee passed away.
27-Sep-1990
Kavita Garari set a record of 48.10 in the 10km W (Women) at the Beijing Asian Games.
27-Sep-1993
The publication of Marathi language daily newspaper "Samana" started from Sambhaji Nagar (Aurangabad).
27-Sep-1995
Cellular phone service started in Delhi for the first time.
27-Sep-1995
A coal mine accident at Gaslitand in Bihar's Dhanbad district killed 73 people after flood water entered the mine.
27-Sep-1999
Harshad Mehta and three others were found guilty of misappropriating surplus funds of Maruti Udyog Limited.
27-Sep-2000
Gurcharan Singh lost in the 81 kg Olympic boxing match against Andrey Falchuk of Ukraine.
27-Sep-2000
The Union Cabinet has decided to increase the number of Padma series awards from 60 to 100 for excellence in various activities.
27-Sep-2000
America's Venus Williams won the women's gold medal in the tennis event at the Sydney Olympics.
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