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Historical Event on 6/27/2000
Maneka Gandhi, Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, launches National Initiative for child protection of which childline is an integral part.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/22/1718 | Durgadas Rathore, social reformer, died on the banks of the Sipra at Ujjain. |
| 7/21/1995 | Sajjad Husain, famous film music director, passed away. |
| 2/1/1969 | Pinaki Chatterji and George Albert Duke on a two-man rowing expedition to the Andamans set out from Calcutta. |
| 2/3/1986 | Pope John Paul II meets Mother Teresa at Calcutta. |
| 4/2/1948 | Communist leader S.A. Dange arrested in Bombay. |
| 4/10/1995 | Morarji Ranchhodji Desai, first non-Congress Prime Minister of India (1977-79) and Chief Minister of Bombay, passed away at the age of 99. He was awarded with Bharat Ratna. |
| 1/30/1988 | Sheshrao Wankhede, barrister, passed away. |
| 11/14/1889 | Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India, was born. To commemorate his birthday, this day is observed as 'Children's Day' from 1957. |
| 11/16/1992 | Reservation, Supreme Court rejects economic criteria. |
| 10/17/1994 | Seshan's controversial biography ''DMK'' obtains stay. |
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