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Historical Event on 1/27/1994
Union Cabinet approves inclusion of the land reforms laws in the 9th Schedule of the Constitution.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/29/1904 | Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata, president of Tata industrial group, was born in Paris, France. He was the first pilot of India to be conferred with the Bharat Ratna. |
| 3/3/1859 | A length of 119 miles of line was laid in the North from Allahabad to Kanpur. |
| 1/16/1996 | Supreme Court says trial courts should hold trial of rape cases in camera. |
| 6/10/1890 | Sunday introduced as a weekly holiday. |
| 9/18/1867 | Ganganendranath Tagore, great painter, patriot and artist, was born in Calcutta. |
| 1/20/1999 | Renowned playwright Girish Karnad is selected for the 1998 Jnanpith Award. |
| 4/21/1996 | Sanjay Thapar of the IAF (leader) becomes first Indian to parachute down to geometric North pole and unfurl the flag. |
| 8/29/1931 | Gandhi arrives in London for second Round Table Conference on India. |
| 1/17/1913 | Yadvendra Singh, HH LtG. Maharaja of Patial, cricketer (scored 24 & 60 in only Test India vs England), was born in Patiala, Punjab. |
| 8/15/1947 | India gains independence from the British rule and Pakistan emerges as a separate Islamic nation. Around 600,000 die in clashes during the subsequent population exchange of 14 million people between the two new countries. |
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