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Historical Event on 11/27/1870
Dattatreya Balwant Parasnis, famous history researcher and collector of historical items, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/18/1999 | Three Lashkar-e-Taiba militants, including its Chief Commander, are killed in a fierce encounter with Special Operations Group (SOG) in Jammu and Kashmir. |
| 1/25/1856 | Battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers & Indians. |
| 7/1/1852 | For the first time in Asia, Postal Stamp for the general public was issued by Sindh Province in Karachi. |
| 9/11/1824 | Shivling Surge died at Alpayu. |
| 10/12/1991 | Sonia Gandhi declineed to contest from Amethi. |
| 10/28/1984 | Federal agents early this morning caught Guru Shree Rajneesh trying to flee the country. Rajneesh was charged with violating immigration laws and arranging phoney marriages for his cult members. The religious leader was nabbed at Charlotte, North Carolina airport when his jet, bound for Bermuda, touched down for re-fueling. The Bhagwan ran a commune of about 1,500 people in Oregon. Thousands more cult members live in Rajneesh's native land India and other countries. He knew the federal government had no faith in him after his chief adviser, a woman named Ma Anand Sheela, was arrested in West Germany for several minor offenses. Rajneesh appeared in court on this date clad in a lavender robe. |
| 6/7/1998 | India emerges World Bank's single largest borrower with cumulative loans of 44 billion dollars. |
| 6/17/1991 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (Posthumous) (1875-1950). |
| 1/29/1953 | Indian National Academy of Dance, Drama and Music inaugurated. |
| 5/22/1970 | Vijayanand Patnaik established political party `Utkar Congress'. |
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