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Historical Event on 7/29/1987
India and Sri Lanka sign peace accord at Colombo in a bid to end the 5-year old ethnic trouble. This stance taken thereafter by the LTTE added several dimensions to the scenario. It was a multi-purpose role that the Navy has been required to play.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/27/1931 | 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. |
| 10/2/1969 | Gandhi's birth centenary celebrated all over the country. |
| 4/27/1997 | CBI decides to prosecute Bihar CM Laloo Prasad Yadav, former CM Dr. Jagannath Mishra, Union Minister Chandra Deo Prasad Verma and 53 others in the Rs. 950 crore fodder scam case. |
| 8/27/1604 | Guru Granth Sahib was established in the Golden Temple of Amritsar. |
| 8/27/1918 | Nemichandra Jain, stage critic, was born. |
| 10/16/1959 | National Council of Women's Education was inaugurated in New Delhi. |
| 11/27/2000 | Supreme Court grants bail to four AIADMK men accused in the 2nd February Dharmapuri bus burning incident. |
| 7/1/1962 | Purushottamdas Tandon, great leader and editor, died at Allahabad. |
| 2/25/1840 | Vinayak Konddev Oak, Marathi litteratewur, was born. |
| 1/10/1995 | 26th International Film Festival of India opens at Brabourne Stadium, Bombay. |
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