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Historical Event on 10/27/1904

Jatindra Nath Das, great revolutionary freedom fighter, was born at Bankim Behari in Calcutta.

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5/25/1877Sir John Lawrence--passenger steamer of McLean & Co. of Calcutta--sank near the coastline of Orrisa in a storm. This ship carried 732 passengers.
2/6/2000''Water'' shooting stopped following suicide by a Shiv Sena activist; and director, Ms. Deepa Mehta asked to leave Varanasi.
3/21/1979The Cytology Research Centre was set up at New Delhi (renamed as the Institute of Cytology and Preventive Oncology in 1988).
5/25/1991Indian, UN Angola Verification Mission - I ended (UNAVEM - I June 1989 - May 1991).
6/22/1917Mohy-id-Din Hajini, famous Hindi writer and professor, was born at Kashmir (Hajin).
9/18/1972Government of India announces increase of minimum bonus to workers from 4\% to 8.33\%.
2/16/1968Beatles George Harrison and John Lennon along with their wives fly to India for transcendental meditation study with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
3/3/1997Senior Officials Meeting of Indian Ocean Rim (IOR) countries begins in Mauritius.
6/4/1936Nutan, film actress, was born.
11/23/1990Madhavrao Ganesh (Balasaheb Dixit), founder of daily news paper ""Turun Bharat"", passed away.