Year 1825
The U.S. Congress approves Indian Territory (in what is present-day Oklahoma), clearing the way for forced relocation of the Eastern Indians on the "Trail of Tears".
JANUARY 27
Daily Historical Chronicle
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27 January: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 27 January.
Observances & Special Days
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Year 1880
Thomas Alva Edison patented an electric lamp.
Year 1888
National Geographic Society convened in Washington.
Year 1926
John Logie beard made his first television appearance.
Year 1931
Mahatma Gandhi was released from jail, ending eight months of imprisonment for his campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. To avoid demonstrations, Gandhi was released late in the evening from the Yerovda jail and put on a night train to Bombay. There was hope in British circles that the release of Gandhi would end the strife and lead to discussions of dominion status. Gandhi made clear, however, that he would persist in his civil disobedience campaign.
Year 1944
World War II: 872 days of the siege of Leningrad by German troops was lifted.
Year 1948
Gandhiji visits Mehrauli Muslim Fair.
Year 1967
Gus Grisham, Edward White, and Roger Schaefer, astronauts, died in a fire during the Apollo 1 test flight at the Kennedy Space Center.
Year 1967
Maharashtra State Text book manufacturing and carriculum modification Corporation established at Pune.
Year 1967
Delimitation Agreement for Warfare in space was signed by 60 nations in United Nation.
Year 1973
An agreement reached in Paris ended the 31-year-old Vietnam War. A powerful nation like America had to retreat in front of Vietnam.
Year 1974
President V. V. Giri dedicated the Nehru Memorial Museum at Tin Murti in New Delhi to the nation.
Year 1983
The world’s largest underwater tunnel (53,900 km) opened in the Japanese islands of Honshu and Hokkaido.
Year 1984
First unit of Atomic Energy Production Centre started at Kalpakkam.
Year 1987
P. T. Usha nominated the Asian Athlete of 1986 by the US Sports Academy (USA).
Year 1988
The first ever helicopter mail service was inaugurated at Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The first flight was from Port Blair to Havelock Island and its inaugurated by the Governer of Andaman and Nicobar Island.
Year 1994
Union Cabinet approves inclusion of the land reforms laws in the 9th Schedule of the Constitution.
Year 1995
Rajiv Gandhi Container Terminal open at Kochi port.
Year 1996
'Prithvi', surface-to-surface missile, test-fired successfully.
Year 2000
K.R. Narayanan, President, opposes any tinkering with the Constitution.
Born 1850
Edward John Smith, a British naval officer. He was the captain of the RMS Titanic and perished when the ship sank on its maiden voyage.
Born 1859
Wilhelm II, the last German Emperor, and King of Prussia.
Born 1861
Tajuddin Baba, an Indian Sufi Master whose followers considered the last Mujaddid and Qutb.
Born 1888
Jinvijayji Muni, famous Shwetambar Jain Yati, was born.
Born 1901
Tarkatirtha Laxmanshastri Joshi, the great thinker, master of Sanskrit and editor of Marathi Vishwakosh, was born.
Born 1904
R. P. Kanitkar, veteran writer, nationalist, journalist and editor, was born.
Born 1909
Savita Bhimrao Ambedkar, an Indian social activist, doctor, and the second wife of Babasaheb Ambedkar.
Born 1922
Ajit Khan, was an Indian actor active in Hindi films.
Born 1924
Sabu [Dastagir], actor (Elephant Boy, Drum), was born in India.
Born 1926
Arunkumar Vaidya, former General of Indian Army, was born.
Born 1927
Michael Craig, actor (Escape 2000, Vault of Horror), was born in Pune.
Born 1946
Vijayalakshmi Navaneethakrishnan, a Tamil folk singer and composer and a renowned exponent of Tamil folk art.
Born 1957
Frank Miller, an American comic book writer, penciler and inker, novelist, screenwriter, film director, and producer.
Born 1969
Bobby Deol, an Indian film actor who works in Hindi films.
Born 1969
Vikram Bhatt, an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor.
Born 1886
Radhabinod Pal, Indian academic and jurist (d. 1967)
Born 1928
Michael Craig, Indian-English actor and screenwriter
Died 1556
Humayun, the second emperor of the Mughal Empire.
Died 1574
Raja Bharmal, a Rajput ruler of Amer.
Died 1947
Paul Percy Harris, a Chicago, Illinois, attorney. He founded the club that became the humanitarian organization Rotary International in 1905.
Died 1970
Probir Sen, cricketer, 20 catches & 11 stumpings and 14 Tests for India, passed away.
Died 1972
V. S. Sarvate (Tatya Saheb), great revolutionary writer, passed away.
Died 1986
Pandit Nikhil Ranjan Banerjee, an Indian classical sitarist of the Maihar Gharana.
Died 1992
Bharat Bhushan, an Indian actor.
Died 1999
P. Krishnamurthy, former Indian wicketkeeper, died in Hyderabad following a cardiac arrest.
Died 2007
Kamleshwar, a prominent 20th-century Hindi writer, and scriptwriter for Hindi cinema and television.
Died 2009
R. Venkataraman, an Indian lawyer, Indian independence activist, and politician who served as a Union Minister and as the 8th President of India.