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Historical Event on 12/27/1975

A coal-mine was exploded at Chasnala mine near Dhanbad. It was India's worst coal mine disaster.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/7/1999A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, rejects the Opposition demand for resignation of three Central Ministers L. K. Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharati in the Ayodhya case.
12/1/1931The Second Round Table conference that began in London ended. Congress was solely represented by Gandhi and Muslim League by Sir Allama Iqbal and Quaid-e-Azam, etc. Two committees were setup to carry out the work of the conference on Federal Structure and Minorities. Gandhi was the member of both committees. He claimed that being the sole representative of the Congress, he represented the whole of India. Quaid-e-Azam replied that Muslims are a separate nation. Sir Shafi demanded that the 14 points of Quaid-e-Azam be incorporated in future constitution.
7/1/1947British Parliament passes the India Independence Act and fixes August 15 for the transfer of power.
4/10/1997Kerala becomes the first state to have public telephones in all its villages, accessible over STD/ISD from any part of the world.
12/25/1936Ismail Merchant, producer (Householder), was born in Bombay, India.
5/7/1973The foundation stone was laid of Itanagar, the new capital of Arunachal Pradesh.
1/27/1987P. T. Usha nominated the Asian Athlete of 1986 by the US Sports Academy (USA).
5/11/1993Toy factory fire kills over 200 people in Bangalore.
5/2/1998The Indian Army at Bandipura market captured 10.5 Kg Charas.
7/31/1985Lalit Maken, Congress (I) M.P, his wife and a visitor at their residence in Delhi were shot down by terrorists.