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Historical Event on 12/27/1996
Mahashweta Devi, Bengali litterateur, win the Gyanpith Award.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/9/1825 | Tula Ram Rao, one of the revolutionary heroes of the 1857 and Sepoy Mutiny, was born. |
| 7/25/1977 | B. D. Jathi retired from the post of second acting President. |
| 6/5/1973 | Madhav Sadashiv Golvalkar, politician and RSS chief, passed away. |
| 1/30/1996 | Maharashtra govt. decides to make school education free up to 10th standard. |
| 8/4/2000 | Pranab Mukherjee and S. Jaipal Reddy, Congress(I) leaders, get Best Parliamentarian awards for the year 1997-98. |
| 9/18/1879 | Welthy Housinger Fisher, an American adult educationist in India, was born. |
| 10/20/1919 | Chaitanyabala Divatia, great author, was born in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. |
| 2/1/1986 | Pope John Paul II arrives in New Delhi for a 10-day visit. |
| 3/3/1997 | Bill Gates, Microsoft Chairman, arrives in New Delhi. |
| 1/5/1952 | Nawab of Pataudi Sr, cricketer (played polo 3 Tests for England 3 for India), died. |
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