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Historical Event on 5/27/1951

Taraporewala Aquarium was inaugurated at Mumbai by President Dr. Rajendra Prasad.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/30/1986Mizoram became the state of India.
3/24/1984Dilraj Singh, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Vancouver, Canada.
1/21/1963Acharaya Shivpujan Sahai, famous Hindi writer, poet and novelist, died. He was editor of Hindi journals like ""Marwari Sudhar"", ""Samanwaya"", ""Adarsh"" etc. He wrote 400 short stories and 67 biographies. His novel ""Dehati Dunia"" is acclaimed as first regional novel in Hindi.
10/14/1884Lala Har Dayal, revolutionary, nationalist and freedom fighter, was born at Delhi.
9/19/1936Pandit Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, expert in north Indian classical music, died. He was also a lawyer, professor and social reformer.
3/17/1982President's rule in Kerala.
1/14/1896Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh, former Finance Minister of India, was born.
5/27/1930Jayaprakash Narayan, Labour Research Cell, arrested after Dandi March.
8/11/1908Khudiram Bose was hanged on this day in Central Jail at Mujaffarpur, Bihar at the age of 19 years. He along with Prafulla Chaki had planned to bomb the carriage supposed to be carrying Kingsford, unfortunately he was betrayed and was caught and finally was sentenced to death and hanged. This day is observed as ""Martyr's Day"" in memory of the great freedom fighter. Even today the soul stirring songs composed in his honour are sung by Bengali folk-singers.
4/1/1912The imperial capital of India was moved from Calcutta to Old New Delhi and the Province of Delhi was declared by a proclamation.