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Historical Event on 12/27/1931

150 are arrested following 'red shirt' riots in the N.W. Frontier province.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/23/1962The Cholera Research Centre was established at Calcutta (renamed as the National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases in 1979).
12/12/1992Jasu Patel, cricketer, 29 wkts for India and best 9-69 vs Australia, passed away.
6/3/1929Chimanbhai Patel, former Chief Minister of Gujarat, was born.
4/29/1936Zubin Mehta, famous music conductor (NY Philharmonic), was born in Bombay, India.
11/14/1995Supreme Court gave patients the right to drag careless doctors to Court.
4/2/1679Aurangzeb reimposed Jizya Tax to finance the spread of Islam on the Hindus.This Jeziya tax was abolished by Akbar.
9/4/1947Gandhiji breaks fast.
8/7/1998The Government announces a banking and foreign exchange package for development of the information technology and software industry following the recommendations of the National Task Force.
7/20/1986India withdraws from Edinburgh Commonwealth Games.
2/18/1983Violence between Hindu Tamils and Buddhist Singhalese in Sri Lanka marks beginning of Tamil rebellion by Tiger freedom fighters demanding an independent nation called Eelam. Prolonged civil war results.