Today Importance - 27th September

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.