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Historical Event on 2/27/1912
Vishnu Waman Shirwadkar 'Kusumagraj', great Marathi poet, play-wright, novelist and Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Awardee, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/20/1998 | Dr. Mohammed Yunus, Chairman of the Grameen Bank of Dhaka, is selected for the 1998 Indira Gandhi prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development. |
| 9/10/1999 | Sonia Gandhi files her nomination papers for the Amethi Lok Sabha constituency. |
| 11/25/1998 | Prof. K. S. Hegde (75), former Vice-Chancellor of Mysore University and educationist, dies in New Delhi. He was selected by the Government of India for overseas scholarship for post graduate studies and higher technical training abroad during the pre-independence era. |
| 11/16/2000 | The Government to reduce equity holding in nationalised banks from 51 per cent to 33 per cent. |
| 5/30/1915 | Krishen Behari Lall, Indian Civil Service and Diplomat, was born at Delhi. |
| 6/11/1983 | Ghanshyam Das Birla, great freedom fighter, social reformer, pioneer of Indian business, industry, and nationalist, died at London at the age of 89. |
| 7/17/1937 | Delhi-Calcutta Express Train derailed near Patna killing 95. |
| 1/17/1905 | Dattaraya Ramchandra Kaprekar was born at Dahanu near Bombay. He discovered the shortest possible routes to solve mathematical problems. In 1927, he won the wrangler R. P. Paranjpe Mathematical Prize for an Original Piece of work in mathematics. He discovered 'Kaprekar Constant' in 1946. It is the number ""6174"". The constant 6174 is arrived at and this number then generates itself into one set of numbers called ""self numbers"" that is also known by his name. Kaprekar passed away in 1988. |
| 3/17/1769 | To establish the business of English Mill's Cloth, East Indiian Company had imposed various restriction on weavers of Bengal to destroy the Muslim and textile industry in Bengal , which was meant to destroy the Indian cloth and 'malmal' industry. |
| 7/13/1998 | The Government is prevented from tabling the Women's Reservation Bill. |
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