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Historical Event on 1/27/1994

55 miners, trapped inside New Kenda Colliery of Eastern Coal Fields, die.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/13/1978Ghulam Mustafa Guard, cricketer (3 wkts in 2 Tests for India), passed away.
4/18/1898Damodar Hari Chapekar, India's first revolutionary, was hanged in the Yervada Central Jail. He was punished for killing the Rand and Ayrest British Officials.
2/26/1996Sahib Singh Verma sworn in as Delhi's second CM.
1/1/1980This decade was announced to be observed as the ""International Decade of Water & Sanitation"".
8/5/1909Dwijhans Kalika Prasad Dixit, great poet and educationist, was born at Gram Dedani in Uttar Pradesh.
8/10/2000Parliament approves the Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Bill to create a hilly state of Uttaranchal.
1/20/1949Junagarh formally merged with Saurashtra.
5/13/1998World Bank cancels India donors meet.
7/6/2000Mohan Lal bags Best Actor Award for his sensitive portrayal of a Kathakali artist in ''Vaanasprastham'' and the film wins the Best Feature Film and Best Editing Awards at the 47th National Film Festival-2000.
11/1/1956Madhya Pradesh State High Court was established at Jabalpur having its benches in Gwalior and Indore.