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Historical Event on 4/27/1994
Supreme Court strikes down section 309 of the Indian Penal Code(which makes suicide a punishable offence)- violative of Article 21.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/7/1631 | Begum Mumtaj Mahal, wife of Shah Jahan, Emperor of India, passed away at Burhanpur a few hours after the birth of a daughter. She was married in 1612 and the Taj Mahal was built for her. |
| 9/3/1979 | M. M. Bhatnagar was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 14-06-1985. |
| 1/21/1945 | Shri Rashbehari Basu, great revolutionary, freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, passed away at Tokyo, Japan, at the age of 60. |
| 8/13/1993 | Rama Rao vows not to return to the house unless the government is ousted. |
| 4/26/1926 | Karachi Autonomous Region established in RSFSR (until 1943). |
| 12/4/1829 | Britain abolished ""sati"" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre) |
| 10/19/1970 | First Indian-made MIG-21 handed over to the Air Force. Privy purses and privileges of former Indian rulers abolished. |
| 10/5/1991 | Vinayakrao Devrukhkar, famous playwright, novelist and editor of a daily newspaper 'Sandhya', died. |
| 9/8/1965 | Pakistan commenced its drive into the Indian Punjab using its 1-armoured division with the aim to foreclose India's options north of the Beas-Sutlej river line, after foiling the southern most divisional attack mounted by 4-Mountain Division. |
| 1/11/1986 | The Naval Dockyard Bombay celebrates its 250th Anniversary. |
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