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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
4/17/1996Indian Railways bars AIDS patients from using trains.
5/1/1964Ravishankar University was established at Raipur in Madhya Pradesh.
8/1/1994The Railway passenger insurance scheme comes into force.
5/9/1959Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil, founder of Rayat Educational Institute, passed away.
12/3/1991Lok Sabha question hour telecast at 7.15 a.m for the first time .
1/4/1995IAF batch (Angel of Mercy) returns from Somalia after 16 months of stay and 700 sorties.
1/26/1950Government of India accepted the National Emblem. It consisted of Head of Lion which is taken from Ashok piller situated near Sarnath.
2/1/194217 Indian Division's were withdrawn over vast stretches and the British evacuation in Burma was the longest in British military history. The Division was to subsequently extract terrible retribution from the Japanese Army during World War II and to destabilise the Indian Economy with forged notes of 5, 10 and 100 Rupees.
9/10/1872Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji ""Ranji"", Maharaj Jamsaheb of Nawanagar and noted cricketer, was born in village Sarodar near Jamnagar, Kathiawad. He was referred as ""The prince of a little state, but the king of a great game"". He also played for Sussex.
10/9/1949The Territorial Army of India inaugurated by the Governor General.