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Historical Event on 9/27/2000
The Union Cabinet decides to increase the number of Padma series of awards for excellence in different fields of activities from 60 to 100.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/20/1920 | Censor Board, after examining the film 'Ahilya Uddhar' on October 20, started mentioning the number of reels as well as the length in feet on the Censor Certificate. The film had already been released earlier on August 23, 1919. |
| 10/31/1966 | Mihir Sen swam Panama Canal in 34 hours 15 minutes. |
| 1/15/1918 | K.C.D. Brahaspati, great poet, playwright and orientalist, was born at Rampur, UP. |
| 6/14/1886 | Orphanage for little girls was established. |
| 8/10/1993 | Narayan Keshav Upasni, famous educationist, passed away. |
| 11/18/1925 | Madhukar Gopal Pathak, noted author and film director, was born. |
| 4/12/1801 | Ranjit Singh proclaimed himself Maharaja of Punjab. |
| 4/12/1801 | Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Count of Vidigueira, met the Jamerin of Calicut after arriving in India three days ago at Malabar Coast. He was joined by an experienced Gujarati pilot at Malindi. He was the 6th Governor and 2nd Viceroy of India. |
| 10/16/2000 | Rest of India wins the Irani Trophy cricket tournament. Murali Karthik scalps nine for 70, the best figures by a bowler in 38 Irani cup matches. |
| 11/30/1920 | N. B. Kamat, filmmaker and distributor, was born. |
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