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Historical Event on 4/27/1996

General Election (11th) of India begins.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/13/1956Acharya Vinoba Bhave started the Bhoodan campaign in Tiruvellore.
12/11/19676.5 earthquake in West India, 170 killed.
7/1/1975Indira Gandhi, then Prime Minister of India, declared a 20-point economic programme.
7/30/1957Export Risk Insurance Corporation of India was established through which exporting materials were insured.
8/13/1943Chintamanrao Deshmukh was first Indian to be appointed Governor of Reserve Bank.
11/18/1997School bus plunges into the Yamuna killing 28 Delhi children.
12/31/1965Sivaramakrishan Laxman, right-hand batsman and leg break bowler, was born in Madras.
5/17/1992R. Venkataraman, President, leaves for a six-day visit to China.
8/17/1932V.S. Naipaul, great Indian writer, was born.
3/31/1998T. N. Mishra became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 04/01/99).