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Historical Event on 8/27/1604
Guru Granth Sahib was established in the Golden Temple of Amritsar.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/23/1987 | Supreme Court in a judgement confers Hindu widows absolute ownership of property under Hindu Succession Act 1956. |
| 5/2/1953 | 40 persons were reported losing their lives today in the first crash of a jet airliner in commercial service. The jetliner, a British-built Comet, plunged to earth in a violent storm just a few minutes after taking off from Calcutta. It was carrying a party of rubber and tin operators from Malaya to England. There were no survivors. Two Comets have crashed before, one last October and one in March, but neither was carrying passengers. |
| 1/15/1999 | Mi. Pa. Somasundaram (79), writer, poet, litterateur and associate of Rajaji, died in Chennai. |
| 7/4/1999 | The Indian Army recaptured Tiger Hill after a 11 hour assault, and hoisted the tricolour atop the 16,500 ft. peak. |
| 12/5/1950 | Sri Aurobindo Ghosh, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and teacher, passed away. |
| 5/27/1930 | Jayaprakash Narayan, Labour Research Cell, arrested after Dandi March. |
| 10/31/1919 | Jaikisan Harivallabhdas, great industrialist, was born. |
| 1/26/1957 | India annexes Kashmir, Constitution for incorporation with India goes into effect. |
| 9/21/1996 | Rao resigns Congress Party President post. |
| 4/24/1959 | Nehru meets the exiled Dalai Lama in Mussoorie. |
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