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Historical Event on 1/27/1974
President V. V. Giri inaugurated the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Museum and it was opened for public at Teen Murti House, New Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/24/2000 | Viswanathan Anand becomes the first Asian to win a world chess title in the world chess championship in Taheran. |
| 11/18/1925 | Madhukar Gopal Pathak, noted author and film director, was born. |
| 11/21/1963 | First sounding rocket launched from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS). Thus started India's space programme. |
| 10/11/1894 | Sudhirranjan Das, former Chief Justice of Supreme Court, was born. |
| 6/30/1823 | Sir Dinshaw Manokji Petit, famous industrialist, was born. |
| 7/10/1949 | Sunil Manohar Gavaskar, great Indian cricket player (opener, 10,122 Test runs), was born in Bombay. He has received Arjun Award (1975) and Padma Bhushan (1980). |
| 12/31/1988 | Treaty signed between India and Pakistan for not to target nuclear sites of each other. |
| 8/2/1781 | Sakharambapu Bokeel, great politician in Maratha kingdom, died. |
| 3/6/1947 | Churchill opposes troop withdrawal from India at London. |
| 5/30/1952 | S.C.Mathur was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 01-07-1955. |
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