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Historical Event on 12/27/1936

Golden Jublee Session of Indian National Congress, under the presidentship of Jawaharlal Nehru, held at Faizpur urging India to strike at British imperialism.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/29/1977Judge Mirza Hameedullah Beg became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 21/02/1978.
1/1/1989Dinkar Sakrikar, editor of monthly magzine 'Purva' and socialist, passed away.
5/26/1945Vilasrao Dagdojirao Deshmukh, leader in Maharashtra, was born.
4/30/1981C. R. Krishnaswamy Rao was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 08-02-1985.
10/3/1997Financial and operational autonomy to be given to 97 profit-making public sector enterprises ('mini-ratnas') other than the navaratnas.
10/30/1976Elections to the lower house of the Indian Parliament suspended again until early 1978.
3/30/1992Satyajit Ray received the honorary Oscar award..
1/11/1966Lal Bahadur Shastri was posthumously awarded the ""Bharat Ratna"".
12/20/1957Satyajit Ray's 'Pather Panchali' is declared the best film at the San Francisco Film Festival.
10/24/1955Ghulam Ahmad Hasan Muhammad Parkar, cricketer (Indian batsman vs England 1982), was born in Kalusta, Maharashtra.