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Historical Event on 11/27/1999
Lt. Gen. J.F.R. Jacob is sworn in Punjab Governor.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/7/1958 | Acharya Kripalani elected leader of a new opposition group in the Lok Sabha. |
| 8/27/1978 | Lord Mountbatten died in an explosion near Ireland. |
| 2/13/1977 | Jasawant Singh, famous physiologist, passed away. |
| 2/6/1887 | Manabendra Nath Roy (his childhood name was Narendranath Bhattacharya), leftist thinker, great Indian politician and philosophist, was born at Arbelia village of 24-Parganas of West Bengal. He was the founder of 'Radical Democratic Party' after quitting Congress during World War II. |
| 1/16/1990 | All Governors asked to resign. |
| 7/5/1905 | Lord Curzon joined the part of Bengal to Asam and divided Bengal. |
| 8/1/1920 | Bal Gangadhar Tilak, British-Indian Hindu leader, died at Bombay. |
| 2/8/1948 | Indian govt. bans Muslim groups 'Khaksars' and 'League National Guard'. |
| 6/6/1997 | New economic grouping BIST-EC (Bangladesh-India-Sri Lanka-Thailand Economic Cooperation forum) comes into being. |
| 12/31/1929 | At the Lahore session, under the Presidentship of Jawaharlal Nehru, the Congress adopted a resolution of 'Poorna Swaraj' (Complete Independence), the slogan given by Gandhiji. The tricolour flag of freedom was unfurled and 26th January 1930 was decided to be celebrated as Independence day every year. This session led to Civil Disobedience Movement, Dandi March to break the Salt Law, etc. |
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