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Historical Event on 3/27/2000

After more than two-and-a-half-years, a Delhi court resumes trial in the St. Kitts forgery case following Delhi High Court's order upholding the lower court's verdict on framing of charges.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/19/1960Meeting of Afro-Asian Conference at New Delhi.
12/11/1845First battle between Britishers and Sikhs. In 1849, Punjab lost its independence. This is referred as the first Anglo-Sikh War.
4/13/1796The first elephant was brought to America from Bengal, India.
10/11/1962Chinese, Indian troops clash on border, claiming 50 lives.
5/25/1993Kazakhstan offers Baikonur facilities to India.
5/1/1994Six leading Akali factions dissolved to form a new party, the Shiromani Akali Dal-Amritsar, which wanted a 'Sikh State'.
10/27/1947Indian Governments accepts King of Jammu and Kashmir Maharaja Harisingh's accession merging Jammu and Kashmir in India and sends its troops. Accession of Jammu and Kashmir was then officially announced. No. 12 Sqn was to initiate the remarkable feat of air-lifting the first Sikhs from Palam onto the rough and dusty Srinagar airstrip without planning or reconnaissance as the initial Indian response to the sizeable insurgent forces that were pouring across the border into Jammu and Kashmir.
4/15/1998Punjab men and Railways women emerge champions in the National Volleyball League in Patna.
9/19/1937Vishnu Narayan Matkhande passed away.
8/29/1923Sir Richard Attenborough, famous actor and director (Gandhi, Young Winston), was born.