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Historical Event on 9/27/1989

Hemanta Kumar Mukherjee, noted playback singer and music director, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/2/1999Medha Patkar of Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) planned a 'fast' to protest against the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP).
3/14/1997Veerendra Patil, 73, twice former Chief Minister of Karnataka, passed away.
2/25/1982J. K. Irani, cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests for India 1947-48), passed away.
8/27/1952Vigyan Mandir inaugurated at Nazafgarh Road, New Delhi.
9/24/1859Nana Saheb, alias Dhundu Pant, one of the top leaders of Sepoy Mutiny, passed away in Nepal.
9/26/1911Prat Kumar Sinha, cricket Test empire for 2 tests from 1948-53, was born in Bengal.
2/25/1760Lord Clive left India. His successors as Governors of India were J. Holwell and H. Vansittart from July 1760 to 1765. He was re-posted to India on May 3, 1765.
5/10/1901Sir Jagdish Chandra Bose, Indian scientist, in the hall of the Royal Society, London, which was packed with eminent scientists today on May 10, 1901 proved that ""plants and animal have similar touch sense"".
4/1/1990Gold Control Act was withdrawn.
1/27/1988The 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.