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Historical Event on 1/27/1974

President V. V. Giri inaugurated the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Museum and it was opened for public at Teen Murti House, New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/23/1908Durga Das, famous social reformer and journalist, was born.
11/23/1908Battle of Krisna was fought between two villages Rakshasi and Tangadi.
9/4/1987Roop Kanwar, an 18-year-old girl, commits Sati (burning herself in her husband's funeral pyre) in Deorala in Rajasthan.
1/26/1997Mizoram becomes a dry state, the fourth, after Gujarat, AP and Haryana.
9/14/1992Three days of heavy rains cause flooding in northern India and Pakistan claiming 2,500 lives.
10/31/1895Cottari Kanakaiya Nayudu, cricketer (India's 1st Test capt), born at Nagpur.
5/25/1961Woorkeri Venkar Raman, left-hand batsman and slow-spin bowler, was born in Madras.
2/7/1983Eastern News Agency was established in Calcutta .
11/12/2000Huge voter turnout for Congress Presidential poll. Seven top BSF and IAF officials die after their MI8 helicopter crashes near Lakhpat in the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat.
11/14/1964Nehru Commemorative coin is released.