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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 |
| 12/10/1932 | The Indian Military Academy (IMA) was formally inaugurated by Field Marshal Sir Philip W Chetwode, Bt, GOB, KCMG, GCSI, DSO and was christened as ""The Pioneers"". The crowning event was delivered in the hall, now named after him, and in the address to the trainees, he enunciated three principles: 'the safety, honour, and welfare of your country comes first, always and everytime', which were to guide the future officers of the Indian Army . A passage from this address has come to acquire immortality and has been adopted as the credo of the Acad |
| 6/17/1887 | Dr. Kailas Nath Katju, freedom fighter, politician, leader and Governor of Orissa and West Bengal, was born. |
| 7/4/1922 | Ghulam Ahmed, cricketer (off-spinner in 22 Tests for India in 1950's), was born in Hyderabad. |
| 11/12/1958 | Satyajit Ray gets the award for best direction at the San Francisco International Film Festival. |
| 2/13/1989 | Aubrey Menen (76), Renowned writer, passed away in Kerala. |
| 3/26/1969 | Vikram Rathour, cricketer (Indian Test opening batsman 1996-), was born in Jalandhar. |
| 1/12/1990 | Vimal Kumar and Madhumita Bisht retain National badminton titles. |
| 8/1/1996 | T. S. R. Subramaniam was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-03-1998. |
| 12/22/1998 | The National Award for the Best Technological Invention is conferred on Prof. J. R. Isaac, a computer scientist. |
| 8/27/1958 | Metric system of weights and measures introduced. |
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