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Historical Event on 7/27/1991

Army called out in Srinagar valley after an attack on security forces in which 17 persons were killed.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/15/1942Mahadev Haribhai Desai, an activist and Mahatma Gandhi's personal secretary, died of heart failure at Aga Khan's Palace.
5/20/1776Malharrao Holkar, founder of Indoor, passed away.
4/16/1963Gopal Singh Nepali, famous poet, passed away.
12/13/1991Justice M. H Kania of Maharashtra sworn in as the 23rd Chief Justice of India.
1/18/1997India's first electric car 'Reva' launched in Bangalore.
3/29/1989Central Institute of Fisheries Education gets the distinction of becoming the first Fisheries University in India.
9/13/1984Swami Brahmanand died. He established Brahmanand Inter College (1938), Brahmanand Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya (1943) and Brahmanand Mahavidyalaya (1960). He joined the freedom movement and participated in Salt Satyagraha, Non Cooperation Movement and Quit India Movement.
9/29/1992Andhra CM Janardhana Reddy resigned.
7/15/1997Mahesh Chander Mehta, Environmental activist, wins Ramon Magsaysay Award.
9/13/1997Grieving India lays to rest Mother Teresa in state funeral in Calcutta in which pomp and splendour is combined with religious rites.