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Historical Event on 4/27/1878

Calcutta University started Women's Education, and allowed women to appear in the Entrance Examination.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/9/1997Portfolio changes were effected by I K Gujral in Union Cabinet.
5/10/1977Jahangir Khan, famous musician, passed away.
1/28/1950Supreme Court of India was inaugurated.
2/1/1972International Airports Authority of India established.
5/28/1883Vinayak Damodar Savarkar ""Veer Savarkar"", great freedom fighter, social reformer, politician and writer, was born at Bhagur village near Nasik.
4/1/1933Indian Air Force was established at Drigh Road in Karachi (now in Pakistan). Subroto Mukherjee and four other officers were inducted as pilots when the first Indian Air Force Squadron was formed. The first aircraft flight joined the Indian Air Force, at that time it possessed a strength of six RAF-trained officers and 19 Havai Sepoys (literally, air soldiers); its aircraft inventory comprised four Westland Wapiti II. A army co-operation biplaned at Drigh Road as the ""A"" Flight nucleus of the planned No.1 (Army Co-operation) Squadron.
11/19/1994Aishwarya Rai, selected 'Miss World' at the age of 21 in the beauty contest held at the 44th convention at Sun City, South Africa .
12/8/1999Furore in the Lok Sabha over RJD President Laloo Prasad Yadav's daughter topping the MBBS exam.
9/1/1915Rajindersingh Bedi, Urdu story writer and Hindi film story writer, was born.
1/28/1996Dev Kanta Baruah, first President of former Congress, passed away at New Delhi at the age of 82.