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Historical Event on 4/27/1994
Supreme Court strikes down section 309 of the Indian Penal Code(which makes suicide a punishable offence)- violative of Article 21.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/12/2000 | Neelam Jaswant Singh heaves the discus to a National mark (59.53m) in the Travancore National circuit athletics meet in Thiurvananthapuram. |
| 8/3/1890 | Sriprakash, freedom fighter, prolific writer and member of the AICC, was born at Varanasi. |
| 1/31/2000 | All seven accused in the Jain hawala case discharged. |
| 1/21/1993 | Biren Roy, follower of Netaji Subhashchandra Bose, passed away. |
| 6/11/1976 | Indira Gandhi and Brezhnev sign the Moscow Declaration of Friendship and Cooperation. |
| 2/6/1954 | Kashmir Assembly accepts re-unification with India. |
| 3/13/1940 | Michael O' Dyer, former Governor of Punjab, was shot by Udham Singh in Caxton Hall at point-blank range in full view of a large gathering in London. |
| 12/28/2000 | India, Russia sign their biggest yet defence deal for licensed production of the Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter jets worth $3 billion. |
| 11/25/1995 | The four-states of Gujarat, Goa, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh proposes trade bloc for western States (Western Regional Cooperation). |
| 5/8/1963 | Centenary of Indian Red Cross was celebrated. Today is birthday of its founder. |
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