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Historical Event on 11/27/1001
Sultan Mehmud of Ghazni began his first real expedition to India by defeating the Hindu King Jaipal. He won Afghanisthan and Punjab in Peshawar battle. This was the first major Muslim conquest in India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/4/1912 | Alungal Mathai Thomas, social reformer, politician and diplomat, was born at Kurikad, Kerala. |
| 4/16/1903 | Kalka-Simla Railway line section was opened for public conveyance. |
| 6/10/1890 | Sunday introduced as a weekly holiday. |
| 12/24/1984 | Eigth General Elections of India began . |
| 8/15/1982 | Doordarshan's national programme and the first nationwide colour transmission started by Delhi Doordarshan. |
| 5/17/1993 | Visiting Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres signs an MOU with his Indian counterpart to end nearly 4 decades of inactivity in bilateral relation. |
| 11/20/1955 | Kripal Singh scores 100* on Test debut, India v New Zealand. |
| 1/4/1958 | Waverley John Anderson, Scottish viscount and Governor of Bengal, died at the age of 75. |
| 1/1/1892 | Mahadev Haribhai Desai, follower of Gandhiji, was born in Surat district. |
| 5/11/1930 | Ganesh Narayan R, great Industrialist, was born. |
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