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Historical Event on 10/27/2000

The Vajpayee Government 'clears' the names of Surjit Singh Barnala, Prabhat Kumar and Dinanath Tiwari for appointment as the Governors of the new States of Uttaranchal, Jharkhand and Chhatisgarh respectively.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/1/1983Amravati University established.
5/29/1953Mount Everest conquered by Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay.
1/3/1919Shambhu Pan, cricket Test Umpire for 9 tests from 1960-70, was born at Bengal.
7/2/1999The Indian Army launches a three pronged attack on Kargil. India is firm on Pakistan pullout from the area.
10/20/1990Kona Prabhakar Rao, former Governor of Maharashtra, died.
12/26/1917Prabhakar Machve, famous Hindi and Marathi litterateur, was born.
12/26/1917Sultan Mehmud of Ghazni began his first real expedition to India by defeating the Hindu King Jaipal. He won Afghanisthan and Punjab in Peshawar battle. This was the first major Muslim conquest in India.
5/13/1918Balasarswati, famous dancer of Bharat Natyam, was born.
12/13/1772Narayan Rao became the Peshwa at Satara.
6/13/1996Govt. extends for another 2 years the ban imposed on LTTE w.e.f. 14/6/1996 under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.