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Historical Event on 11/27/1999

Lt. Gen. J.F.R. Jacob is sworn in Punjab Governor.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/17/1909Bejoy Kumar Sinha, journalist and social worker, was born at Kanpur.
7/25/1997Kocheril Raman Narayanan (K. R. Narayanan) became the 10th President of India.
8/29/1612Battle at Surat in India; English fleet beats Portuguese.
10/17/1999Indian men bagged bronze in the Asian team chess championship in Shenyang.
1/12/1934Surya Sen (Master Da), revolutionary leader of the Indian Republican Army, who attacked the armoury of Chittagong with 62 men of the Indian Republican Army, was hanged at Chittgong Jail by the Britishers.
8/23/1995First ever cellular phone service begins in Calcutta.
8/3/1984Bomb attack at Madras airport claims 32 lives.
9/8/1897Lokmanya Tilak charged in anti-national activity case.
10/12/1976Indian Airlines Caravelle crashed after take off from Bombay.
10/26/1930Gulal Bai Parekar, a14-year-old girl led a 13-girls team to hoist the national flag at Esplanade Park. A police sargeant tried to snach the flag and then kidnapped her.