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Historical Event on 5/27/1930

India's major cities are seething with unrest following the arrest of Mahatma Gandhi and thousands of his followers in the campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. Civil unrest in Bombay, where at least six were killed and sixty injured.

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11/18/1948Nearly 500 people were drowned when the ferry steamer Narayan River capsized and sank in the Ganga near Patna.
9/21/2000J.W. Singh, suspended Mumbai High Court judge facing charges of extortion in nexus with the underworld, dismissed from judicial service.
8/17/1916Amritlal Naagar was born.
12/28/1981New Government led by the Congress (I) leader K. Karunakaran installed in Kerala.
1/1/1988On the Christan New Year Day, Maharashtra became the first state to launch a public campaign against smoking.
2/22/1958Maulana Abul Kalam Azad passed away in New Delhi, India. He was a great leader, great orator, revolutionary and fighter for national freedom. Some of his works which are the masterpieces of the Urdu language are ""Ghubari-Khatir"" and Tadhkirah"". He was Minister of Education in the first Indian Government.
4/5/1848Satara kingdom came to end.
11/7/1974South Africa beats India in Women's Open in 63rd Tennis Davis Cup.
2/25/1992Beant Singh sworn in as CM of Punjab.
2/18/1665The Portuguese handover Mumbai island to England.