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Historical Event on 5/27/1951
Taraporewala Aquarium was inaugurated at Mumbai by President Dr. Rajendra Prasad.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/10/1997 | Fijian Senate approves new Constitution that removes radical restrictions on political power of Indian community, which makes up almost half the population. |
| 12/31/1706 | Francois Martin, founder of Pondicherry and was its first Governor General, died. He founded Pondicherry, the future capital of French India in 1674. |
| 3/26/1987 | Hyderabad beat Delhi on first innings to win the Ranji Trophy. |
| 3/22/1907 | Perturbed by a new law restricting Asiatic immigrants, Mohandas Gandhi, a young Indian attorney now living in South Africa, organized a campaign of civil disobedience to resist the statute popular bill passed by the new Boer government of the Transvaal Colony. The Asiatic Registration Bill was considered by Gandhi unjust and discriminatory to the large Chinese and Indian populations. However, the government expressed the belief that the ordinance was popular. ""Over 90 percent of the white people thoroughly approve of it,"" said Sir Gilbert Parker, a Conservative member of Parliament. |
| 8/17/1909 | Madanlal Dhingra, famous revolutionary, was hanged at Paintanville Jail for assassinating Wyle and Lal Kaka. |
| 9/6/1995 | Meenatai Thackrey, social worker and Matoshree of Shivsainik's, passed away. |
| 9/13/2000 | Central Government withdraws the ban on use of non-iodised salt despite protests from the medical community and several state governments. |
| 5/12/1992 | Ms. Santosh Yadav (Indo-Tibetan Border Police) becomes the second Indian woman to set foot atop Mt. Everest. |
| 1/21/1994 | India and Myanmar decide to open border trade. |
| 11/2/1889 | Tyagmurti Goswami Ganeshdutt, social worker, was born at Chiniot in Jhang district, Punjab. |
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