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Historical Event on 1/27/2000

K.R. Narayanan, President, opposes any tinkering with the Constitution.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/31/1997Election Commission agrees to grant national party status to Bahujan Samaj Party but asks it to give up its election symbol--elephant.
4/7/2000The Delhi police unearth a multicrore cricket betting and match- fixing racket involving five South African cricketers, including the captain Hansie Cronje. A Delhi-based Indian operator Rajesh Kalra put behind bars.
3/9/1897Fans start calling the team 'Indians' (in 1915 it became official).
5/19/2000A `civil coup' in Fiji ousts the first ethnic Indian Prime Minister Mahendra Pal Choudhary. President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara proclaims a state of emergency.
2/14/2000Mr. B. Rachaiah (78), former Governor of Himachal Pradesh, Kerala and Goa, died in a hospital in Bangalore.
12/1/1964Jawaharlal Nehru Agriculture University established.
2/12/1928Bardoli Satyagrah (Gujarat) was led by Vallabhbhai Patel against the Bombay government's decision to hike the revenue on cotton by 22 percent while its prices declined Internationally. Ultimately the govenment quashed the hike.
4/8/1835Raja Ram Mohan Roy reached England.
3/1/1640Britishers were allowed to do commercial activities in Madras.
7/27/1998The Centre announces a hefty hike in the pay scales of university and college teachers.