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Historical Event on 03/27/1552

Guru Angad Dev, Sikh Guru, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/11/1991Supreme Court declares the Anti-Defection Law as constitutional but holds that decisions of Presiding Officers under the law could be subjected to judicial review.
5/4/1959Nehru rejects proposals that India and Pakistan resolve their differences and set up a common alliance against Communist China.
4/7/1934Mahatma Gandhi suspended his campaign of civil disobedience in India.
5/5/1986Controversial Muslim Women Bill passed by Lok Sabha.
12/29/1983Gavaskar makes the highest Test Cricket score by an Indian, 236* vs West Indies.
10/15/1996Dengue fever in Delhi takes 156 lives.
12/7/1992Religious riots swept across India in the wake of the destruction of the ancient Babri Masjid mosque by rampaging Hindu fanatics in the northern Indian town of Ayodhya yesterday. More than 800 people had been killed and hundreds injured as Muslim and Hindu mobs stabbed, shooted and beat each other. The violence had thrown the government into chaos and had spilled into the neighboring states of Pakistan and Bangladesh. The army had been called out to restore order in Bombay, where street battles left 41 dead. The stock market had been closed down and Parliament forced to adjourn. Advani quit as the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha.
4/15/1947The new Indian Parliament appeals for non-violence.
9/28/1940Pundit Sunder Lal Sharma, freedom fighter and social reformer, passed away. He was also known as ""The Chhattisgarh Gandhi"".
9/13/1990An attempt to hijack a Coimbatore-Bangalore-Madras Indian Airlines flight IC 534 to Sri Lanka.