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Historical Event on 9/27/1995

73 people died in a coal mine accident in Gaslitand in Dhanbad district, Bihar, when flood water leaked into the mine.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/3/1966Hurricane strikes Bengal, killing 1,000.
6/9/1998The rupee plunges to an all-time low of Rs. 42.23/25 against the dollar.
4/14/1990L. P. Poarbosa sworn in as CM of Goa.
11/30/2000Jagdev Singh Talwandi, a former Akali Dal leader, was the unanimous choice as the new SGPC president.
3/24/1995Devchand Somaiyya, famous Table Tennis player, passed away.
11/9/1998India rejects Pakistan's bid to internalise the Sir Creek issue at the bilaternal talks in New Delhi.
5/29/1933Kishorilal Goswami, famous Hindi novelist, passed away.
4/6/1664Abraham Shipmen died without taking charge of Bombay Islands from Portuguese.
2/12/1949Gundappa Ranganath Viswanath, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman of 70s), was born in Bhadravati, Mysore. He received Padmashree (1971) and Arjun Award (1978).
3/10/2000Nirmal Verma, distinguished Hindi writer, and eminent Punjabi novelist Gurchal Singh selected jointly for the 35th Jnanpith Award for 1999.