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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 |
| 8/1/1947 | Partition of India into India and Pakistan. Power transferred. Lord Mountbatten becomes Governor General of India and Muhammed Ali Jinnah, Governor General of Pakistan. |
| 2/5/1991 | The last of 1.2 lakh Indians in Kuwait manage to return to India. |
| 2/11/1997 | India and Russia agree on a package of trade and economic cooperation measures, following Foreign Minister I K Gujral's discussions in Moscow. |
| 2/14/1996 | Supreme Court orders CBI probe into a housing scam in which 8,700 govt. houses were allotted out-of-turn. |
| 4/28/1986 | Malayalam film `Chidambaram' directed by G. Aravindan wins best feature film award and Shyam Benegal bags the Best Director award for the Hindi film 'Trikal'. |
| 4/19/1994 | Rajindersing Sparo, first awardee of `Mahavir Chakra' and former Chief Minister of Punjab Major General, passed away. |
| 6/20/1985 | The Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian decoration, was presented to Mother Teresa by President Ronald Reagan. |
| 5/11/1885 | Krishnamohan Bandopadhyay, leader, essay writer and journalist of Bengal, passed away. |
| 7/6/2000 | Mohan Lal bags Best Actor Award for his sensitive portrayal of a Kathakali artist in ''Vaanasprastham'' and the film wins the Best Feature Film and Best Editing Awards at the 47th National Film Festival-2000. |
| 1/18/1997 | Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme Phase II begins. |
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