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Historical Event on 4/27/1854
First telegram was sent between Mumbai and Pune.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/11/1911 | Amarnath Lala, right-hand Indian all-rounder of 30s and 40s, was born at Lahore in Pakistan. He was awarded with Padma Bhushan in 1991. |
| 1/1/1914 | Dhirendra Nath Mukherji, social worker, was born at Bankura, West Bengal. |
| 7/4/1897 | Nanaksingh, famous Punjabi novelist, was born in a Hindu family in village Chak Hamid, Tehsil Dadan Khan, District Jhelum (now in Pakistan). |
| 1/20/1990 | Dr. Raja Ramanna sworn in Minister of State for Defence. |
| 2/17/1931 | Viceroy of India Lord Irvin accepted Mahatma Gandhi as leader of people and invited him at Vicregal Lodge (now known at Rashtrapati Bhavan). After the event, Winston Churchill, who later became Prime Minister of Britain, referred Gandhiji as ""the Half-Naked Fakir of India"". |
| 5/2/1930 | Riots break out in Amritsar. |
| 1/16/1948 | Pakistan charges India with systematic campaign to wipe out Muslims. |
| 1/23/1814 | Sir Alexander Canningham, Indian Archeologist, was born. |
| 7/13/1950 | Nehru asks Stalin and Acheson to restore peace in Korea. |
| 8/30/1989 | Anti-government riots leave at least 11 dead. |
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