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Historical Event on 10/27/2000

The Vajpayee Government 'clears' the names of Surjit Singh Barnala, Prabhat Kumar and Dinanath Tiwari for appointment as the Governors of the new States of Uttaranchal, Jharkhand and Chhatisgarh respectively.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/23/1984An Air-India jumbo jet plunged into the Atlantic Ocean near Ireland today, killing all 329 people on board. Indian officials said the crash apparently was caused by a bomb placed aboard the jetliner by a Sikh extremist group as retaliation for an army raid.
10/15/1915Dr. I. Gopalkrishnan, Cricket Test Umpire for 7 tests from 1960-67, was born in Tamil Nadu.
4/19/1996AIDS deleted from the list of contagious diseases in the Railway Act of 1989.
12/24/1973E.V.Ramasami, founder of DMK party, prominent leader, great social worker and revolutionary freedom fighter, died at the age of 94.
4/27/1994Supreme Court strikes down section 309 of the Indian Penal Code(which makes suicide a punishable offence)- violative of Article 21.
10/31/1997Rushmi Chakravarthy makes it a double in the National hardcourt tennis in Mumbai.
7/22/1991New industrial policy for liberalisation of economies announced in Parliament.
12/1/1964Jawaharlal Nehru Agriculture University established.
10/4/1953India elected to the UN Trusteeship Council.
3/31/1992Delhi beat Tamil Nadu in 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy.