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Historical Event on 12/27/1996

Mahashweta Devi, Bengali litterateur, win the Gyanpith Award.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/13/1971Carlton Chapman, Indian Soccer (Football) player, was born in Bangalore, Karnataka.
8/1/1931Bhairabh Ganguly, cricket test umpire for 5 tests from 1981-85, was born at Bengal.
5/27/1995National Centre for Labour launched in Bangalore to give a boost to the unorganised worker's movement in India.
9/6/2000Telecom workers launch a nation-wide strike in protest against inadequate safeguards prior to the corporatisation of the department from October 1.
2/28/1919Sunderlal Khurana, great politician and journalist, was born.
9/8/1910Saint Shri Gajanan Maharaj died.
12/16/1998The Government introduces in the Rajya Sabha the Patents (Amendments) Bill 1998 amid Left protests.
3/30/1949Dattaram Dharmaji Hindlekar, cricketer (4 Tests for India), passed away.
9/8/1947There was little time to celebrate independence in India and Pakistan as large parts of the dominions were paralyzed with fear. Mobs ran wild as Muslims and Hindus battled to death and turned streets into rivers of blood.
10/28/1999The Delhi High Court stays TRAI's plan to introduce free incoming calls on mobile phones from November 1.