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Historical Event on 11/27/1994

D. V. Purohit (Nanasaheb), veteran freedom figher and revolutionary, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/5/1904Bhalchandra Pandharinath Bahirat, editor and expert of Saint literature, was born.
3/27/1989Delhi beat Bengal by an innings and 210 to win the Ranji Trophy.
12/14/1901Gandhiji reaches Rajkot via Porbunder.
4/5/1957The first Communist ministry in a state was installed in Kerala.
7/13/1997A mob, allegedly of Shiv Sainiks, attacks and ransacks official residences of Congress leaders Chagan Bhujbal and Madhukar Pichad (Assembly).
9/14/1820Agri-Horticultural Garden of Calcutta started functioning.
4/19/1910Anant Laxman Kanhere, revolutionary, was hanged.
1/12/1869Dr. Bhagavan Das, great philosopher, freedom fighter, Hindi writer, politician and litterateur, was born at Varanasi.
11/29/1989Rajiv Gandhi resigned from the post of Prime Minister of India.
11/29/1989Mughal Emperor Akbar was proclaimed as successor of Humayun at the age of tewelve years at Kalanur, Gurudaspur district, Punjab. Akbar (1542-1605), grandson of Babur, became third Mughal Emperor at the age of 13 years. He de-established Islam as state religion and declared himself impartial ruler of Hindus and Muslims. He also encouraged Art, Culture and Religious Tolerance.