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Historical Event on 2/27/1803
Great fire in Bombay.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
2/6/2000 | ''Water'' shooting stopped following suicide by a Shiv Sena activist; and director, Ms. Deepa Mehta asked to leave Varanasi. |
9/15/1997 | Prasar Bharati Act comes into force seeking to free Doordarshan and Akashvani from government control. |
12/23/1995 | 400 people, mostly children and their parents, die in a fire that broke out during the Annual Day celebrations of DAV Public School. The fire was suspected to be caused due to electric short-circuit in Mandi Dabwali, Haryana. |
11/7/1893 | Constantly Lievens, Flemish missionaries in India, passed away at the age of 37. |
3/27/1993 | Hari Singh from Haryana hijacks an IA plane, but surrender after 8 hours. |
2/5/1992 | Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Dilip Vengsarkar. |
12/23/1983 | Micheal Chopra, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Newcastle, England. |
5/16/1986 | V. Shantaram, 75, was chosen for the Dada Saheb Phalke award. |
5/16/1986 | Turkish Armada retired.The arrival of a new Portuguese fleet. |
11/1/1948 | An Indian brigade group supported by the 7th Cavalry (Stuart tanks) broke through the Great Himalayan Range at Zojila to drive out the invaders from Ladakh district. At approximately 3,500 metres, this was the highest point in the history of warfare that tanks had operated. |
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