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Historical Event on 12/27/1975

A coal-mine was exploded at Chasnala mine near Dhanbad. It was India's worst coal mine disaster.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/2/1982Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh, former Finance minister of India, died.
10/4/1999Kerala High Court orders Election Commission to booth-wise counting. The EC is likely to move the Supreme Court against this order.
3/18/1916Pratapsinh Mathuradas Vissanji, great industrialist, was born at Bombay.
8/17/1761William Carey, the first English missionary to India, was born. He taught at the newly founded Fort William College at Calcutta from 1801 till his death and helped found the Serampore Press, which made the Bible accessible to over 300 million people.
8/17/1761Sikh Guru Har Govindji, the sixth sikh guru, was born. He fashioned a military role for the Sikhs.
10/2/1910D. Arkasomayaji, educationist, was born at Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh.
7/18/1993India beats France 3-2 in a sensational Davis Cup tie to enter into the semi-final.
2/3/1977Government relaxes rules of Emergency to permit normal political activity and electioneering.
4/3/1994Bhanu Prakash Singh,Goa Governor, resigns.
12/12/1976Madanlal Dhingra's ashes were brought to India.