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Historical Event on 7/27/1982

Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi first visited the US in almost 11 years.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/8/1953Walchand Hirachand, great Industrialist, passed away.
3/19/1907Dr. Dilawar Hussain, right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper, was born.
3/15/1831First Marathi Almanac (Panchang) started by Ganpat Krishnaji.
8/20/1933Mahatma Gandhi is rushed to the hospital on the fourth day of his latest fast.
4/6/1980Janata Party splits again; members with RSS links form the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). A. B. Vajpayee becomes its first President.
8/27/1976Major-General (Kumari) Gertude Ali Ram, the first women General in Indian Army, was appointed as the first Director of Military Nursing Services at the Army Headquarters.
10/10/1998Uzma Khan and Nitin Kirtane bag the women's and men's crowns in the national tennis championships in Delhi.
9/4/19676.5 earthquake at Koyna Dam in Maharashtra kills 200 people.
9/1/1999The Congress(I) President, Ms. Sonia Gandhi, launches a broadside against the Vajpayee Government on handling of Kargil issue.
12/28/1688Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb demolishes all temples (around 1,000) in Mathura. (During their reign, Muslim rulers had destroyed roughly 60,000 Hindu temples throughout India, constructing mosques on 3,000 sites).