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Historical Event on 4/27/1996

General Election (11th) of India begins.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/31/1964Air Marshal Aspy Merwan Engineer DFC retired from the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.
5/15/1958Aruna Asaf Ali became the Mayor of Delhi.
3/18/1990Devi Lal, Deputy PM, withdraws his resignation.
5/7/1996Third and final phase of polling begins for 185 LS constituencies and 154 assembly constituencies; 55 to 60\% turnout was witnessed and there was widespread violence in Bihar.
4/18/1971Air India's first Jumbo Jet Plane passenger Boeing 747 named 'Emperor Samrat Ashok' was landed on Santacruz Airport at Bombay.
8/15/1969Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) formed under Department of Atomic Energy.
5/14/1999Gurucharan Singh Tohra is expelled from Shiromani Akali Dal.
6/4/1989Melville de Mellow, Eminent broadcaster, died.
6/21/1948C. Rajagopalachari was appointed the first Indian Governor General of Indian union (21/06/1948-25/01/1950). After January 25, 1950, this post was abolished.
4/23/1938Viceroy Lord Linlithgow opens the hydro-electric scheme at Malakand.