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Today’s Historical Events on September 27
1672, 27th September: A new British company had been given a monopoly on the African slave trade
1777, 27th September: Lancaster became the capital of the United States for one day only
1821, 27th September: Mexico gained independence from Spain
1825, 27th September: The Stockton via Darlington Railway introduced the world’s first passenger train
1905, 27th September: Einstein first proposed the equation E = mc²
1908, 27th September: Production of the Ford Model T began
1925, 27th September: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh RSS founded by Dr Keshav Hedgewar
1940, 27th September: A typhoon on the island of Honshu killed 5,000 people in Germany, Italy, and Japan
1958, 27th September: Mihir Sen became the first Asian swimmer to swim across the English Channel
1996, 27th September: Taliban conquered Kabul President Burhanuddin Rabbani fled, while Najibullah was hanged in the street
1998, 27th September: The Google internet search engine retroactively claimed this date as its birthday
2003, 27th September: The SMART-1 satellite is launched
2008, 27th September: CNSA astronaut Zhai Zhigang became the first Chinese person to perform a spacewalk
2019, 27th September: Over 2 million people participated in worldwide strikes to protest climate change across 2,400 locations worldwide
Join us on Telegram27 September in Indian History – Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on September 27
1601: King Louis XIII of France
1722: Samuel Adams, American revolutionary
1792: George Cruikshank, British cartoonist who illustrated more than 850 books, such as Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist
1862: Louis Botha, African Prime Minister, the first of the union of South Africa, who encouraged reconciliation between the British and the Boers
1907: Wamanrao Deshpande, Indian music critic
1933: Yash Chopra, Indian filmmaker, and director
1953: Mata Amritanandamayi, an Indian religious leader
1981: Brandon McCullum, New Zealand cricketer
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1833: Raja Rammohan Roy, Indian social reformer and father of the Brahmo community
1917: Edgar Degas, French painter
1921: Engelbert Humperdinck, German Composer
1972: S R Ranganathan, Indian mathematician
1975: Tiruvenkat Rajendra Seshadri, Indian chemist
1979: Dame Gracie Fields, English actor, singer, and comedian
1992: Anutai Wagh, Padma Shri award-winning Indian social worker and educationist
1999: Dr Mabel Arole, Ramon Magsaysay Award-winning multipurpose rural health project director from India
2004: Shobha Gurtu, India classical singer
2008: Mahendra Kapoor, Indian playback singer
2015: Syed Ahmed, Indian writer, and politician
2015: Colin Pokkudan, Indian activist and writer
2017: Hugh Hefner, American publisher, founder of Playboy Enterprises
2018: Kavita Mahajan, Indian author and translator
2018: Manoharsinghji Pradyumansinghji, Indian nobleman and politician
Join us on Telegram27 September in Indian History – What happened in India on 27 September
27-September-1703
More than 8,000 people died in a cyclone in England.
27-September-1760
Mir Zafar was deposed and his son-in-law Mir Kasim became the Nawab of Bengal. He ruled till July 7, 1763.
27-September-1833
Raja Rammohan Roy, great social reformer, lawyer and politician passed away at Stapleton Grove in England.
27-September-1856
Pratap Narayan Mishra, Hindi writer, was born. He is one of the pioneers of mordern Hindi language.
27-September-1873
Vithalbhai Patel, great freedom fighter, social worker, nationalist leader, politician and President of the Central Assembly, was born at Karmasad, Gujarat.
27-September-1907
Bhagat Singh, the legendary revolutionary, was born at Banga in West Punjab, Layalpur now in Pakistan.
27-September-1908
Shiv Verma, great soldier, was born.
27-September-1925
Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh was established.
27-September-1958
Mihir Sen becomes the first Indian to cross the English Channel from Dover to Calais.
27-September-1972
Shri Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, prolific author and first librarian of the University of Madras, passed away at the age of 80 at Bangalore.
27-September-1974
Pankaj Dharmani, Indian ODI batsman (1997), was born.
27-September-1977
Sanjiva Reddy was elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha. Government revokes the external emergency promulgated on December 3, 1971.
27-September-1989
The second test launching of India’s surface-to-surface missile, ‘Prithvi’, from Sri Harikota was successful.
27-September-1989
Hemanta Kumar Mukherjee, noted playback singer and music director, died.
27-September-1990
Kabita Garari sets record for 10 Km W (Women) in 48.10 at Beijing Asian Games.
27-September-1993
Daily newspaper of Marathi Language “Samna” started its publication at Sambhaji Nagar (Aurangabad).
27-September-1995
Cellular phone service operates for the first time in Delhi.
27-September-1995
73 people died in a coal mine accident in Gaslitand in Dhanbad district, Bihar, when flood water leaked into the mine.
27-September-1999
Harshad Mehta and three others are convicted for misappropriating surplus funds of the Maruti Udyog Ltd.
27-September-2000
Gurucharan Singh goes down fighting to Andri Fedtchouk of Ukraine in the 81 Kg bout of the Olympics boxing.
27-September-2000
The Union Cabinet decides to increase the number of Padma series of awards for excellence in different fields of activities from 60 to 100.
27-September-2000
Venus Williams of USA claims the women’s gold in the tennis event in the Sydney Olympics.