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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 |
| 10/10/1999 | Congress-NCP talks still on forming a Government in Maharashtra. |
| 6/17/1862 | Lord Charles Jhon Canning, Governor General and Viceroy of India (1856-1862), died. |
| 12/24/1988 | Jaynendra Kumar, famous Hindi novelist, died. |
| 4/29/1997 | R. N. Malhotra, 71, former RBI Governor, died. |
| 7/12/1996 | Bail granted to Harshad Mehta, prime accused in the securities scam. |
| 1/23/1814 | Sir Alexander Canningham, Indian Archeologist, was born. |
| 9/28/1965 | India-Pakistan hostility erupts into a war lead by Pakistan. |
| 1/5/1957 | Adintrim Sales Tax Act was introduced and the Central Sales Tax Act of 1956 came into force. |
| 12/17/1961 | Provocative action against our nationals in the vicinity of Anjadip Island and Portugal's belligerent attitude to the problems of its colonial possessions in this country, resulted in the Government of India's decision to liberate Goa, Daman and Diu. Operations were launched at night. |
| 4/1/1973 | India starts a drive to save tigers from extinction. |
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