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Historical Event on 2/27/1912

Vishnu Waman Shirwadkar 'Kusumagraj', great Marathi poet, play-wright, novelist and Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Awardee, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/17/1999Dingko Singh won the bantam weight gold while Services' Ramanand was adjudged the best boxer in the National Boxing championship which concluded in Shimla.
2/22/1854Kawasji Nanabhai Dawar started the first Cloth Mill namely 'Bombay Spinning Mills'.
11/17/1935Deodhar Gopal Krishna, great social worker and architect of ""Seva Sadan"" (Pune), passed away.
8/25/1992Veerappa Moily, Karnataka minister, stripped of Education portfolio.
4/27/1942Gandhi condemns stationing of U.S. troops in India.
10/16/1971David Jude Johnson, cricketer (Karnataka fast bowler, India 1996), was born in Arasikere.
3/21/1992India's second submarine 'Shankul' joined Navy.
6/29/1992Congress (I) nominates K. R. Narayanan for the Vice-Presidentship.
6/3/1844Balkrishna Bhatt, essay writer, critic and journalist in Hindi, was born.
2/24/1995A full Bench comprising Chief Justice M.M. Pareed Pillai, TV Ramakrishna and P. Shanmugam of the Kerala High Court quashed the words ""incestuous adultery"", ""adultery coupled with cruelty"" and ""adultery coupled with desertion"" contained in Section 10 of Indian (Christian) Divorce Act.