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Historical Event on 11/27/1001
Sultan Mehmud of Ghazni began his first real expedition to India by defeating the Hindu King Jaipal. He won Afghanisthan and Punjab in Peshawar battle. This was the first major Muslim conquest in India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/17/1996 | Madras to be known as 'Chennai' henceforth. |
| 7/4/1997 | Mumbai High Court directs BMC to reinstate G.R. Khairnar, the iconoclastic Dy. Municipal Commissioner suspended in `94 and removed from service in October 1996. |
| 3/14/1931 | First Indian talkie film 'Alam Ara' released at Majestic Cinema, Bombay. Directed by Ardeshir Irani, the film was 11,152 ft. long and was produced by Imperial Film Co., Bombay and beared censored No. 10043 on March 11. The most remarkable thing about this film was birth of sound in Indian films, it came with a bang and quickly displaced the silent movies and brought revolutionary changes in the whole set up of the industry. |
| 9/27/1703 | More than 8,000 people died in a cyclone in England. |
| 10/6/1983 | Punjab Government was dismissed to halt religious and political violence by Indira Gandhi, who imposed President's rule in the state. |
| 6/2/1975 | Devendra Mohan Bose, famous Scientist of Physics, passed away. |
| 11/24/1941 | Indian infantry attacks German tanks at Sidi Omar. |
| 1/4/1999 | Karnataka's Farah Khan made it three-in-a-row in the National ladies billiards championship in Delhi. |
| 2/21/1995 | The plan outlay for Andhra Pradesh for 1995-96 fixed at Rs. 3.159 crores. |
| 5/27/1906 | Gandhiji writes to his brother Lakshimidas, stating his disinterestedness in worldly possessions. |
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