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Historical Event on 8/27/1995

Andhra Pradesh Governor asks N T Rama Rao to prove his majority on 31st following a split in the Telugu Desam party.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/18/1990Devkumar, famous Hindi film actor, died.
10/24/1934Mahatma Gandhi quits Indian Indian National Congress in struggle over tactics.
4/13/1984Kerala Government drops Silent Valley Project and declares the entire area a national park.
4/14/1941Julie Christie, actress (Dr Zhivago), was born in Assam, India.
2/28/1967General Election ( 4th) of India ends.
12/6/1997Nine persons killed and over 60 injured in bomb blasts in three trains which left Chennai. Blasts occurred in Tiruchi, Erode (Tamil Nadu) and Trissur in Kerala.
3/4/1961First Indian aircraft carrier naval fighter vessel ''I.N.S. Vikrant'' was commissioned in Belfast.
7/21/1962Passenger Train and Freight Train collided near Dumraon killing 69 persons.
12/11/19676.5 earthquake in West India, 170 killed.
12/3/1971Hostilities broke out between India and Pakistan. On the very night that hostilities commenced, with Pakistan bombing several air fields, IN Ships 'Rajput' and 'Akshay' were leaving Vishakapatnam harbour when they obtained a sonar contact. They fired several depth charges and proceeded on their mission when there was no further evidence of a submarine's presence. Thereafter, a loud explosion of rattling windows panes off the Vishakapatnam beach was heard . The Pakistani submarine 'Ghazi' (a Tench class submarine obtained from the USA in 1964) had come to grief.