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Historical Event on 4/27/1996

First phase of election for 11th Lok Sabha, and assembly election in 6 states.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/5/1864Cyclone destroyed most of Calcutta city in which approximately 50,000 people died.
9/23/1903Yusuf Meherali, freedom fighter and socialist, was born.
2/16/1997Tribal militants kill 21 persons in Tripura.
11/17/1947Rajendra Prasad elected the President of Indian National Congress.
9/19/1996India Development Forum pledges $7b. to India.
6/23/1993Motilal Vohra made governor of UP.
2/6/1992The Centre decides to wind up the 7-year-old Food Processing Industry ministry.
10/17/1998Nine women are buried alive as the roof of the 200-year-old Balaji temple in Varanasi's Ramghat area caves in.
5/7/1994Dr. S.P. Tripathy, Director-General of ICMR, retired after 32 years of distinguished service in the ICMR, and Dr. G.V. Satyavati took over as the new Director-General of ICMR in July 1994. She became the first woman scientist in the country to head not only ICMR but any Research agency in independent India.
12/15/1908Swami Ranga Natahananda, was born at Trikkur, Kerala.