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Historical Event on 7/27/1972

Charu Majumdar, father of Naxalite Movement and the founder President of C.O.I.(M-L), died in prison.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/14/1965Pakistan Air Force bombs Calcutta and Agartala civilian airports.
12/13/1947Nicholas Raerich, great philosopher, master-artist, prolific writer, scientist, educator, designer, poet, humanitarian, explorer, leader and social worker, died at Naggar, Kulu.
7/10/1977The Planning Commission decides to introduce Rolling Plan concept.
2/7/1856Wajid Ali Shah, ruler of Oudh, was asked to abdicate by the British Resident on grounds of chronic misrule.
3/1/1930Coimbatarao Doraikannu Gopinath, cricketer (batted in 8 Tests for India in the 1950's), was born in Madras.
7/20/1636John Oldham, trader of mass, was murdered by Indians.
7/20/1636A battle was fought at Turkra or Turkra Qasba (in the Balasore district) in which the Afghans were routed.
6/26/1982First Boeing 707 of Air India `Gaurishankar' was crashed at Sahar Airport (Bombay).
1/1/1986Fourth Pay Commission implemented.
1/14/1994The first Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Centenary Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research, instituted by ICMR in 1991-92, was announced in 1994 (Dr. G. Padamanabhan, Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, is the first recipient of this Award).