27th November- What Happened Today In History? | On This Day In History

What Happened Today In History?

Find out what happened on 27th November in History. There are a lot many happenings which had taken place on this date in the pages of Indian History, here we have listed some of the very important events occurred on 27th November.

Suresh Kumar Raina ( pronunciation (help·info)) (born 27 November 1986) is an Indian cricketer from Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. He is an attacking left-handed middle-order batsman and an occasional off-spin bowler. He plays for Uttar Pradesh in all forms of domestic cricket and is the vice-captain of Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League.

Harivansh Rai Shrivastav alias Bachchan (27 November 1907 – 18 January 2003), was a noted Indian poet of Chhayavaad literary movement (romantic upsurge) of early 20th century Hindi literature. He was also a famous poet of the Hindi Kavi Sammelan. He is best known for his early work Madhushala (मधुशाला). He is also the father of Bollywood megastar, Amitabh Bachchan.

Tina Dutta ( born 27 November 1986) is a Bengali actress. She has appeared in Bollywood films and TV programmes. She is most well known for her role as Iccha in the television show Uttaran. Dutta has appeared in the programmes including Comedy Circus, Koi Aane Ko Hai, and Aahat. She has appeared in the show Uttaran since June 2009.

Bappi Lahiri or Alokesh Lahiri (born 27 November 1952) is a music director in the Hindi film industry. He popularized the use of synthesized disco music in Indian cinema and sang some of his own compositions. He was popular in the 1980s with filmi soundtracks like Disco Dancer, Namak Halaal and Sharaabi among others.

Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar (November 27, 1888–27 February 1956) popularly known as Dadasaheb was an independence activist, the President (from 1946 to 1947) of the Central Legislative Assembly, then Speaker of the Constituent Assembly of India, and later the first Speaker of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India.

Death anniversaries on 27th November :

Vishwanath Pratap Singh (25 June 1931 – 27 November 2008) was the seventh Prime Minister of India and the 41st Raja Bahadur of Manda. He was born in the Rajput Gaharwar (Rathore) Royal Family of Manda to Raja Bhagwati Prasad Singh of Daiya and was later adopted by Raja Bahadur Ram Gopal Singh of Manda in 1936, whom he succeeded in 1941.

Ustad Sultan Khan (15 April 1940 – 27 November 2011) was an Indian sarangi player and Classical vocalist belonging to Indore Gharana. He was one of the members of the Indian fusion group Tabla Beat Science, with Zakir Hussain and Bill Laswell. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India’s third highest civilian honor, in 2010.

Notable Events: 

• 1095 Pope Urban II preaches 1st Crusade
• 1295 English King Edward I calls what later became known as “The Model Parliament” extending the authorities of its representatives
• 1895 Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel’s will establishes the Nobel Prize
• 1943 Conference of Tehran (Churchill-Roosevelt-Stalin)

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