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Historical Event on 4/27/1994
Supreme Court strikes down section 309 of the Indian Penal Code(which makes suicide a punishable offence)- violative of Article 21.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/27/1994 | Rana Sangram Singh, King of Mewad, attacked on Mughal Emperor Babur near Kanwa at Agra. |
| 6/10/1942 | 77 Mountain Brigade was raised at Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. |
| 12/4/1910 | Motilal, famous film actor, was born. |
| 9/7/1997 | Banned Maoist Communist Centre guns down at least 30 CPI (M) liberation activists, including district committee members and workers, at Ankendar village, 40 km from the district headquarters of Chatra in Bihar. |
| 7/10/1924 | Johannes B van Heutsz, Governor General of Dutch Indies (1904-09), died at the age of 73. |
| 6/15/1908 | Stock Exchange of Calcutta was opened of Baldeodas Daduawala and Overened. |
| 1/5/1994 | Tamil Nadu Assembly passes two bills making the Chief Minister, the Chancellor of all universities instead of the Governor. |
| 11/1/1974 | Vangipurappu Venkata Sai Laxman, cricketer (Indian Test batsman v S Africa 1996 ), was born in Hyderabad. |
| 6/12/1990 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1D) launched. This is an operational multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite. It is still in service. It was launched by US Delta launch vehicle, Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, USA. |
| 3/16/1997 | The first batch of three Russian-made Sukhoi-30 combat aircraft reaches India. |
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