Today Importance - 27th October
27-October-1605
Akbar (Abul-Fatah Jalal-ud-din), the Mughal emperor of India (1556–1605), died of diarrhea or dysentery at the age of 63. After his death his body was buried in a tomb in Sikandra, Agra.
27-October-1904
The great revolutionary freedom fighter Jatindra Nath Das was born in Bankim Bihari, Calcutta.
27-October-1907
The great martyr Sardar Bhagat Singh was born in a prominent Sikh freedom fighter family in Banga village of Lyallpur (now in Pakistan).
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27-October-1907
Brahma Bandhav Upadhyay died.
27-October-1920
Kocheril Raman Narayanan was born in Uzhavur village in Kottayam district of Kerala.
27-October-1923
Birth of famous industrialist Arvind Navinchandra Moftalal.
27-October-1926
Padmanav Govind Joshi alias "Nana" Joshi, is a cricket wicketkeeper born in Baroda in the 1950s.
27-October-1928
Anshuman's father and Dataji Krishnarao Gaekwad, who batted in 11 Tests in the 1950s, was born in Baroda.
27-October-1937
Popular Kirana singer Abdul Karim Khan passed away.
27-October-1947
The Government of India accepted the decision of King of Jammu and Kashmir Maharaja Hari Singh to merge Jammu and Kashmir with India and sent its army. After this the official announcement of the merger of Jammu and Kashmir was made. No. 12 Squadron was to launch the remarkable feat of airlift from Palam to the rough and dusty Srinagar airfield as the initial Indian response to a huge insurgent force crossing the boundary into Jammu and Kashmir. ,
27-October-1969
Darshan Singh Pheruman died in Amritsar on the 74th day of his fast, which he had undertaken for the integration of Chandigarh into Punjab.
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27-October-1973
The first women's police station started functioning in Calicut, Kerala.
27-October-1982
Gandhiji's personal secretary Pare Lal died.
27-October-1987
Cricketer Vijay Vanik (Test average 47.72, First-class average 71) passes away.
27-October-1989
XIV-World Congress of Neurology was held in New Delhi under the aegis of World Federation of Neurology and Neurology Society of India. (21-10-89).
27-October-1992
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Veerappan Moily has resigned from the Bangarappa government of Karnataka.
27-October-1997
The UP Ministry expanded by inducting 70 new members thus taking the total membership to 93.
27-October-1998
LP Singh, ICS, previous legislative head of five north-eastern states, kicked the bucket in New Delhi. He was 86 years old.
27-October-1999
P.M. Sayeed of Congress (I) was re-elected as Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
27-October-1999
The Archbishop of Delhi denied VHP talks with Pope John Paul II during his visit to India in November.
27-October-1999
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has divided in Madhya Pradesh.
27-October-2000
The Vajpayee government has 'approved' the names of Surjit Singh Barnala, Prabhat Kumar and Dinanath Tiwari for appointment as governors of the new states Uttaranchal, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh respectively.