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Historical Event on 12/27/1996

Mahashweta Devi, Bengali litterateur, win the Gyanpith Award.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/1/1990BJP swept to power in Madhya Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh, shares power with JD in Gujarat and Rajasthan.
3/16/1992Satyajit Ray, veteran film producer and director, was presented the honorary Oscar by a three-member Oscar committee at a Calcutta nursing home.
8/7/1990Govt. of India accepts the Mandal Commission's recommendations and decides to reserve 27\% jobs for the backward classes. Violent protests rock parts of Northern India against Mandal Commission.
2/1/1964Judge Pralhad Balacharya Gajendragadkar became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 15.03.1966.
6/15/1907Narayan Ganesh Goray, freedom fighter and socialist, was born at Hindala (Maharashtra).
7/10/1997Malleswari earns India's first gold medal in Asian weightlifting championship in Beijing.
1/31/1992The Securities and Exchange Board of India given statutory power as an autonomous body.
11/1/1996Michael Jackson show at Andheri sports complex in Mumbai.
11/1/1996Pieter de Carpentier, flemish Governor General of Dutch East-Indies, was born.
2/9/1942Chiang Kai-Shek meets Sir Stafford Cripps, British Viceroy in India.