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Historical Event on 8/27/1978
Lord Mountbatten died in an explosion near Ireland.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/18/1695 | Joannes Camphuys, Governal General of Dutch-Indies, died at the age of 61. |
| 9/4/1862 | Kaminikumar Chanda, social reformer and politician, was born. |
| 11/22/1915 | Mohandas Gandhi returns to India. |
| 12/14/1901 | Gandhiji reaches Rajkot via Porbunder. |
| 7/6/1927 | Prabhjot Kaur, great poet and author, was born at Langrayal (Pakistan). |
| 12/16/1999 | Bill on Cyber law is introduced in the Lok Sabha. |
| 7/23/1993 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2B), second satellite in the INSAT-2 series, was launched. This is more operational multi-purpose communication and enhanced meteorology satellite. It is still in service. It was aunched by European Ariane launch vehicle. |
| 9/14/1967 | US announces plan to give India $1.3 million to buy contraceptives. |
| 1/3/1912 | Shantiprasad Jain, famous industrialist, was born. |
| 5/26/1931 | One hundred miners were trapped beneath a blazing mine. It was thought that there were unlikely to be any survivors in Madras. |
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