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Historical Event on 4/27/1994

Supreme Court strikes down section 309 of the Indian Penal Code(which makes suicide a punishable offence)- violative of Article 21.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/3/1977Indira Gandhi arrested on charges of official corruption in New Delhi.
3/16/1992Satyajit Ray, veteran film producer and director, was presented the honorary Oscar by a three-member Oscar committee at a Calcutta nursing home.
9/17/1876Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay was born in Debanandpur village.
8/10/1930In the 'Gandhi Cap Case' in Guntur, the magistrate prohibits wearing of Gandhi caps within a five-mile radius of the town.
1/6/1818Dominion of Holkar in India are annexed with Rajput states and come under the British protection.
7/25/1982Gyani Zail Singh became 7th President of India. He held the office till July 25, 1987.
3/1/1992Anant Gundopant Tendulkar, great journalist, passed away.
5/27/1906Maharashtra Sahitya Patrika Day.
8/9/1942The Congress at its Bombay session passed the famous Quit India resolution, calling for mass struggle on non-violent lines on the widest possible scale, under the leadership of Gandhiji. He stressed that ""We shall either free India or die in the attempt; We shall not live to see the perpetuation of our slavery""; popularly known as ""Do or Die"". But before the Congress could start the movement, the government arrested all the major leaders and the Congress was declared illegal. Spontaneous popular revolts broke out with the battle cry of 'British Quit India'.
6/13/1943Netaji Subhashchandra Bose started his journey from Germany to Tokyo by a submarine.