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Historical Event on 9/27/1999

Harshad Mehta and three others are convicted for misappropriating surplus funds of the Maruti Udyog Ltd.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/21/1959Chinese and Indian troops clash on Ladakh border.
7/27/1889Branch of Indian National Congress, 'British India Committee' , was established under the leadership of Dadabhai Navroji.
10/9/1970Production of Uranium 233 started at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in Bombay.
6/9/1923K. Alagirisami, famous journalist, playwright and story writer, was born.
1/10/1980President Neelam Sanjiva Reddy invited Indira Gandhi to form Government.
10/13/1998India, Mauritius sign an agreement on civil aviation in New Delhi in the presence of its two Prime Ministers.
12/14/1895George VI, King of England (1936-52), was born.
9/3/1906Prithviraj Kapoor, veteran film actor, was born in Peshawar. His first film was 'Challenge' (1929). He is the founder of Prithvi Theatre in Bombay. He is remembered for his immortal role of Akbar is film 'Mugul-E-Azam'.
7/16/1991Railway budget hikes passenger fares by 15-20\% and freight up by 10\%.
9/16/1932Ronald Ross, bacteriologist and member of Indian Medical Service, died in London. He had also received a Nobel Prize.