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Historical Event on 11/27/1984

Percy Norris, British Deputy High Commissioner in Bombay, assassinated in Bombay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/3/1915Sir' knighthood was granted to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore by the British Government.
1/5/1994Jnanpith Award for Oriya Poet Sitakant Mahapatra.
4/13/1919Jallianwala Baug massacre. The great Indian tragedy occured in Amritsar which claimed 389 lives and wounded 1,516 activitists fighting for Indian independence. Early in 1919, the Rowlatt Act (Black Act) was passed. This authorized the Government to imprison any person without any trial and conviction in a court of law. This furious act was under the guidence of cruel Brigedier General R. E. H. Dyer and his 50 men troop. Michael O' Dwyer was then the Governor of Punjab who naturally defended the action. This day is observed as Jallianwala Baug Day.
10/3/1994Bhushan Tiwari, famous Hindi film actor of yesteryears, died.
8/6/1997Cabinet approves a proposal to amend the Hindu Marriage Act and the Special Marriage Act, with a view to removing epilepsy as a ground for annulling marriage or for declaring marriage as null and void.
10/2/1969Gandhi's birth centenary celebrated all over the country.
12/6/1931Bengal Congress to boycott British goods.
7/1/1997Voluntary Disclosure of Income Scheme `97 (VDIS) comes into effect.
12/10/1902Sir Ronald Ross was awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine for detecting the cause of Malaria.
7/22/1998Sahib Singh Verma, Delhi Chief Minister, and BJP vice-president K. L. Sharma are fined Rs. 100 each for riding a motorcycle without helmet in New Delhi.