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Historical Event on 12/27/1929

Jawaharlal Nehru hoists the national flag at the All India National Congress session held in Lahore. They resolved for ""Purna Swaraj"" (complete independence) on the instance of Gandhiji, the Viceroy of India that time was Lord Irwin.

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2/12/1890Shastri A. R. Krishna was born.
4/1/1869Income Tax was imposed. On the same day New Indian Divorce Act came into operation.
12/25/1964Anil Kaul, Canadian badminton player (Olympics-96), was born in Amritsar, India.
9/17/1950Govt. grants diplomatic recognition to Israel.
4/22/1930Civil Disobedience at Dandi, 6th April 1930 and Civil Disobedience at Bombay, 7th April 1930, both documentary films produced by Krishna Film Co., Bombay, were prohibited by Censor Board on April 22, on the grounds that they were calculated to foster resistance to Government and to promote a breach of Law and Order.
6/30/1823Sir Dinshaw Manokji Petit, famous industrialist, was born.
4/27/1878Calcutta University started Women's Education, and allowed women to appear in the Entrance Examination.
1/21/1952Indian National Congress party wins the 1st General Election of India under the ledearship of Jawaharlal Nehru.
6/15/1949Uloor S. Parmeswara Iyer, famous poet, writer, editor and literature, died. He was 72.
4/11/1930Pandit Motilal Nehru renamed 'Anand Bhuvan' as 'Swaraj Bhawan' and handed it over to the people.