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Historical Event on 4/27/1996

General Election (11th) of India begins.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/30/1988Cyclone lashes Bangladesh, Eastern India; 317 killed.
3/26/1991Chautala loses majority after the disqualification of three Janata Dal (S) members. Janata Party merges with Janata Dal (S).
11/5/1892John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, biologist, was born at Oxford.
5/20/1965Under the leadership of Commander M. S. Kohli, Indian Trackers concurred Mount Everest. Captain A. S. Chima and Sherpa Nawang Gombu were the first to reach the summit.
8/29/1975Adinath Lahiri, leading geologist, passed away.
11/27/1984Percy Norris, British Deputy High Commissioner in Bombay, assassinated in Bombay.
1/16/1990Dr. R.R. Diwakar, Gandhian and former Union Minister, passed away.
9/4/1990Congress (I) opposes the Prasar Bharati Bill in the Rajya Sabha saying the party wants the bill to be sent to a select committee.
1/10/1987Sikh terrorists murder Punjab prison chief in Chandigarh.
5/23/1965Venkat Woorkeri Raman, cricketer (Indian slow left-arm all-rounder), was born.