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Historical Event on 3/27/1845

Wilhelm Conrad Von Roentgen, professor and first nobel prize winner, was born at Lennep, Germany.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/18/1931Lord Willingdon took over as the Viceroy of India.
6/5/1879Narayan Malhar Joshi, father of Labour Union Movement in India, was born at Goregaon in the Kolaba district, Maharashtra.
6/5/1975Ramsing, great freedom fighter and editor of `Navyug Patrika', passed away.
5/9/1981Durga Bai Deshmukh passed away at Hyderabad. She was a social reformer, freedom fighter, planner, administrator, educationist and parliamentarian. She worked for peace, social welfare and for betterment of the downtrodden.
9/27/1989Hemanta Kumar Mukherjee, noted playback singer and music director, died.
12/17/1934Khandesh Gandhi Mir Sukrulla, great patriot and freedom fighter, died.
12/15/1980Hema Chengkalath, female Soccer(Football) player, was born in Calgary, Canada.
5/25/1936Rusi Framroz Surti, cricketer (Indian slow lefty, hat-trick for Qld 1969), was born in Surat, Gujarat.
3/13/1878The Vernacular Press Act was passed which subsequently made the Amrita Bazar Patrika of Calcutta an English newspaper.
7/28/1921The All-India Congress Party votes to boycott a forthcoming visit by the Prince of Wales and urges a boycott of imported cloth.