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Historical Event on 8/27/1604

Guru Granth Sahib was established in the Golden Temple of Amritsar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/6/1980Janata Party splits again; members with RSS links form the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). A. B. Vajpayee becomes its first President.
9/28/1827A few mountain battery trains flourished and kept the Indian component alive as part of the Royal artillery. Recently, it has been established that 8 Company Bombay Artillery survived axing and is now 5 (Bombay) Mountain Battery. This day is now celebrated as the Raising Day of the Regiment of Artillery.
4/9/1986First University in India devoted to hygiene established at Vijaywada.
6/20/1756A group of British soldiers along with Halvel were imprisoned by some rebellions in a suffocating cell that gained notoriety as the ""Black Hole of Calcutta."" Most of them died here.
8/22/1987Aircraft carrier ship of Indian Navy 'Virat' joined in fleet.
4/21/1992RBI eases credit policy, lending rates reduced from 6 to 4; 13\% interest ceiling on deposits.
8/6/1996Dr. Raj Kumar was conferred Dada Saheb Phalke award.
3/15/1992Dr. Rahi Masum Raza, film screenplay, story and dialogue writer, passed away at the age of 64 years.
9/1/1962Shivaji University was established in Kolhapur.
8/21/1995Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, noted physics scientist, died at the age of 84. He was one of the world's leading astro-physicists for his contributions to the study of stars. Chandrasekhar had received the highest award in Science--the Noble Prize in Physics in 1983.