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Historical Event on 7/27/1995

11 Cong-I and National Conference activists were gunned down in J&K after they were abducted from their homes.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/5/1995Jitendra Prasad succeeds N.D. Tiwari as UPCC-I chief.
11/11/1913Gandhi sentenced to nine months' imprisonment at South Africa.
4/25/1955Syed Mohammad Zamin Ali, great educationist, poet, editor, writer, professor and founder-member of the Hindustani Academy, passed away.
6/5/1981Gopal Saini at Tokyo sets record for 3000m ST. in 8,30.88.
8/13/1995Kashmiri separatists behead a kidnapped Norwegian tourist and threatened to kill other hostages unless India freed 15 militants at Srinagar.
8/16/1923Narayan Athavle, famous Marathi litterateur and journalist, was born.
12/13/1999The Government lodges protest with the Pakistani Rangers following the discovery of a tunnel near the Indo-Pak border.
7/30/1987India says it will revive the 'Agni' IRBM programe.
4/27/1906China, as suzerain of Tibet, has agreed to the terms of a treaty proposed by Britain. According to the treaty, foreign powers may not send representatives to Tibet, receive transportation or mining concessions, or occupy, buy or lease any territory in Tibet without British permission. The British want to prevent the Russians from establishing a protectorate over Tibet, which lies on India's northern border. Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India, failed in attempts to communicate with Tibet's ruler, the Dalai Lama. A British military expedition fought its way to the capital at Lhasa and concluded the agreement.
9/9/1981Phiroz Edulji Palia, cricketer (two Tests for India, 29 runs & 0/13), died.