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Historical Event on 3/27/1990

21 people die as a bus accidentally touched a high voltage wire in Karagpur India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/28/1827A few mountain battery trains flourished and kept the Indian component alive as part of the Royal artillery. Recently, it has been established that 8 Company Bombay Artillery survived axing and is now 5 (Bombay) Mountain Battery. This day is now celebrated as the Raising Day of the Regiment of Artillery.
3/30/1919Gandhi announces resistance against Rowlatt Act.
9/3/1999Brigadier V. K. Chopra is appointed as the new head of the 121 (1) infantry brigade in Kargil.
7/16/1991Railway budget hikes passenger fares by 15-20\% and freight up by 10\%.
1/21/1922Juda Reuben, cricket Test umpire for 10 tests from 1969-77, was born in Mumbai.
11/12/1885Firodia Kundanmal Shobhachand, politician and Gandhian, was born.
5/3/1947Indian National Trade Union Congress Intak was established.
12/27/1998Nobel laureate Prof. Amartya Sen unveils his plans to set up a charity trust with the award money for development of education and health in India and Bangladesh.
1/16/1999Ritwick Bhattacharya (Delhi) and Mekhala Subedar (Maharashtra) won the men's and women's titles in the National squash championship in Calcutta.
3/15/1996Kashmiri militants and Central govt. hold talks on ending violence and to initiate the democratic process in J&K.