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Historical Event on 11/27/1999

BJP recaptures the Jaipur Civic body posts by winning 49 out of 70 seats.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/9/1949Hindi was accepted as the national language of India.
5/10/1957Dr. Rajendra Prasad elected President of India for a second term.
1/21/1882Vaman Malhar Joshi, Marathi novelist, was born.
12/12/1955The President promulgated an ordinance providing the usage of Hindi with English for official purposes of Indian Union. B.G. Kher Commission (under article 344(I) of the Constitution) constituted. Hindi Teaching Scheme was introduced under Ministry of Home Affairs.
8/15/1947The Defence department becomes the Ministry of Defence under a Cabinet Minister. Each service was placed under its own Commander-in-Chief. Under the Constitution, the supreme command of the Armed Forces was vested with the President.
11/5/1995Narsimha Rao, PM, reaches Argentina for G-15 summit at Buenos Aires.
9/12/1786Lord Cornwallis was appointed, and became Governor General of India, as well as the Commander-in-Chief Army Officer.
1/31/1949Maharajas of Baroda and Kolhapur decide to merge their states with Bombay.
8/29/1956India gets $ 360 million loan as food aid.
9/30/1999A B Vajpayee, Prime Minister, calls upon the people at an election campaign in Lucknow to give him a five-year term.