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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
| 07/27/1887 |
Sardar Davar Tehmuras Kavasji, social worker and lawyer, was born. |
| 07/27/1889 |
Branch of Indian National Congress, 'British India Committee' , was established under the leadership of Dadabhai Navroji. |
| 07/27/1910 |
Bande Ali Khan, great singer of `Beenkar' and `Kirana Gharana', passed away. |
| 07/27/1914 |
Kalpana Dutta, great freedom fighter, was born at Chatgaon. (27th July, 1914). |
| 07/27/1927 |
Krishna Baldev Vaid, famous story writer and novelist, was born. |
| 07/27/1928 |
Rameshwar Sahai Saxena, famous writer, lawyer and journalist, was born at Lalitpur, (UP). |
| 07/27/1941 |
Japanese forces land in Indo-China. |
| 07/27/1947 |
Princes were appealed to regard people's paramountcy as a privilege. |
| 07/27/1949 |
Agreement reached on the ceasefire line in Kashmir. |
| 07/27/1959 |
Abbas Ali Baig scores 112 for India v England on debut. |
| 07/27/1972 |
Charu Majumdar, father of Naxalite Movement and the founder President of C.O.I.(M-L), died in prison. |
| 07/27/1982 |
Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi first visited the US in almost 11 years. |
| 07/27/1986 |
The Supreme Court orders all-India test for medical seats. |
| 07/27/1991 |
Army called out in Srinagar valley after an attack on security forces in which 17 persons were killed. |
| 07/27/1992 |
Amjad Khan, famous film actor, died. |
| 07/27/1993 |
Rao government defeats the no-confidence motion by 265-251 votes. Seven of the JD (A) vote with government as JD (A) and AIADMK decide to vote for no-confidence motion. |
| 07/27/1994 |
Parliament votes to ban tests for determining the sex of an unborn child, as these tests have resulted in thousands of aborted female fetuses. |
| 07/27/1995 |
11 Cong-I and National Conference activists were gunned down in J&K after they were abducted from their homes. |
| 07/27/1998 |
Gian Singh, convicted for the murder of Sant Harchand Singh Longowal, is sentenced to death. |
| 07/27/1998 |
B. B. Lyngdoh is sworn in Meghalaya Chief Minister. |
| 07/27/1998 |
7 Hindus are gunned down in two Doda villages of Jammu and Kashmir. |
| 07/27/1998 |
The Centre announces a hefty hike in the pay scales of university and college teachers. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 06/08/1968 | Madhuri Mani Iyyer, famous singer of Karnatak Gharana, passed away. |
| 04/19/1997 | I.K. Gujral, External Affairs Minister, chosen leader of United Front in place of Deve Gowda. |
| 02/13/1970 | Man-eating tiger is reported to have killed 48 people at a village 80-km from New Delhi. |
| 11/24/1881 | Ram Rachhpal, son of Sukhi Ram, called 'Chhotu', freedom fighter, politician and leader, was born in a 'Jat' famlily in a small village Garhi Sampla in Rohpak district. His life was a saga of sincere and ceaseless striving to improve the condition of the poor peasants in India, popularly known as 'Deenbandhu'. |
| 02/11/1981 | Australia all out for 83 vs India at MCG. They were chasing 143 to win. |
| 10/28/1996 | Goa upset Karnataka to win their first Ranji Cricket Trophy game ever. |
| 08/12/1996 | Supreme Court stays further proceedings against Narasimha Rao in Chandraswami-Lakhubhai Pathak cheating case. |
| 05/06/1910 | Edward VII, King of Great Britain and Emperor of India, died suddenly of pneumonia at Buckingham Palace tonight. He ruled Britain for nine years. Power passed immediately to his son George, the Prince of Wales, who will rule as King George V. The 68-year-old monarch's sudden death threw his country into a state of shock. Edward had apparently caught a cold during a visit the past weekend to the wet grounds of his estate at Sandringham. |
| 10/30/1994 | India seeks Chinese support for Security Council membership. |
| 04/24/1944 | Shivprasad Gupta, philanthropist, freedom fighter and educationist, passed away. |
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