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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
5/16/1932Hundreds die in fighting between Muslims and Hindus at Bombay.
1/1/1976Broadcasting of Commercial Advertisements on TV stations started.
5/22/1940Erapalli Anantrao Srinivasarao Prasanna, cricketer (one of India's big four spinners, Right-arm Off-break Bowler), was born at Bangalore. He is also the receipent of Arjun Award (1968) and Padmashree (1970).
6/3/1915Sir' knighthood was granted to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore by the British Government.
8/29/1959India sends troops to Tibet border to block the Chinese.
1/1/1981Colaba District renamed as Raigad District.
12/11/1998Kavi Pradeep (84), poet who received 1998 Dadasaheb Phalke award, dies in Mumbai. He was a patriotic song writer and wrote several immortal Hindi film songs.
10/15/1686Aurangzeb attacked and conqured Bijapur and this was the end of the Muslim Adilshahi's era.
10/29/1851British Indian Association was established in Bengal with Radha Kanta Dev as president and Devendranath Tagore as the Secretary.
2/9/1991India holds the last decennial census of the century.