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Historical Event on 8/27/1976

Major-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.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/29/1997Rabri Devi inducts 60 ministers, including 22 of cabinet rank, thus raising strength of her Council of Ministers to 74.
6/14/1961Sir Karyamanikkam Shrinivas Krishnan died.
1/14/1995Ban on VHP re-imposed.
2/26/1984Satellite Insat 1-B dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
3/1/1930Coimbatarao Doraikannu Gopinath, cricketer (batted in 8 Tests for India in the 1950's), was born in Madras.
7/24/1997Country's highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna conferred on former interim Prime Minister Gulzarilal Nanda and posthumously on freedom-fighter Aruna Asaf Ali.
12/14/1901Gandhiji reaches Rajkot via Porbunder.
1/11/1975Oil struck in third Bombay High rig.
12/11/1906Mysore Gururaj Vijayasarathi, cricket Test umpire for 13 tests from 1951-60, was born in Karnataka.
11/24/1919Gandhiji presides over All-India Khilafat conference at Delhi.