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Historical Event on 4/27/1748
Muhammad Shah, Mughal emperor, passed away and was succeeded by his son Ahmad Shah.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/19/2000 | Bill Clinton, US President, arrives to a warm welcome in India. This was the first presidential visit of a US head in two decades. |
| 8/3/1984 | Bomb attack at Madras airport claims 32 lives. |
| 10/10/1973 | Vikash Dhorsoo, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Harfleur, Le Havre, France |
| 12/28/1977 | Sumitranandan Pant, famous Hindi poet and literaeur, died. |
| 9/25/1936 | Juliet Prowse, actress (Who Killed Teddy Bear) and dancer, was born in Bombay, India. |
| 9/19/1996 | India Development Forum pledges $7b. to India. |
| 2/17/1931 | Viceroy of India Lord Irvin accepted Mahatma Gandhi as leader of people and invited him at Vicregal Lodge (now known at Rashtrapati Bhavan). After the event, Winston Churchill, who later became Prime Minister of Britain, referred Gandhiji as ""the Half-Naked Fakir of India"". |
| 8/9/1997 | Sonia Gandhi addresses Congress plenary session at Calcutta. |
| 7/22/1998 | 24-year old P T Usha won bronze medals in the 400m and 200m races and anchored the 4x100m relay team to gold and 4x400m for silver at the Asian Track and Field Championships in Fukuoka, Japan. |
| 11/24/1919 | Gandhiji presides over All-India Khilafat conference at Delhi. |
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