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Historical Event on 11/27/2000

After three decades, English was again made compulsory in Gujarat schools from Standard V from the next academic year.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/15/1869Mirza ""Galib"" Asad Ullah Beg Khan, famous Urdu poet and writer, passed away.
3/16/1912Gandhiji commends Gokhale's attempts for abolition of indenture system.
10/6/1999Sonia Gandhi, Congress(I) president, won the Bellary Lok Sabha seat defeating her BJP rival Sushma Swaraj by a margin of 56,100 votes.
4/15/1948Indian territory of Himachal Pradesh was created by the merger of some 30 small ruling states.
10/4/1857Shyamji Krishna Varma, freedom fighter, nationalist and patriot, was born at Mandvi village, Gujarat.
9/5/1846Sir Charles Metkaf, Governor General of East India Company, died.
1/26/2001Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Lata Mangeshkar.
1/20/1988Shiv Charan Mathur sworn in as CM of Rajasthan.
1/20/1897Gandhiji declines to prosecute assailants.
6/15/1899Roy Chowdhury Devipasad, modern Indian sculptor and painter, was born.