October27

The first Ladies Police Station started functioning at Calicut in Kerala.

Jatindra Nath Das, great revolutionary freedom fighter, was born at Bankim Behari in Calcutta.

Sardar Bhagat Singh, the great martyr, was born in village Banga, Lyallpur (now in Pakistsan) in a reputed Sikh freedom fighter's family.

Kocheril Raman Narayanan was born in the village of Uzhavoor in Kottayam district, Kerala.

Arvind Navinchandra Mafatlal, famous industrialist, was born.

Padmanabh Govind Joshi alias "Nana" Joshi, cricket wicketkeeper during 1950's was born in Baroda.

The XIV-World Congress of Neurology was held in New Delhi under the auspices of the World Federation of Neurology and Neurology Society of India. (21-10-89).

Indian 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.

The Archbishop of Delhi rules out Pope John Paul II's dialogue with the VHP during his visit to India in November.

Dattaji Krishnarao Gaekwad, father of Anshuman and batted in 11 Tests 1950's, was born in Baroda.

Vijay Merchant, cricketer (Test average 47.72, 1st-class avg 71), died.

Akbar (Abul-Fath Djalal-ud-Din), Mughal emperor of India (1556-1605), passed away of diarrhea or dysentery at the age of 63 years. After his death his body was buried at a mausoleum in Sikandra, Agra.

Brahma Bandhav Upadhyay died.

Abdul Karim Khan, famous singer of 'Kirana Gharana', died.

Darshansingh Pheruman died in Amritsar during the 74th day of his fast, which he had undertaken for the merger of Chandigarh in Punjab.

Gandhiji's personal secretary Pyare Lal died.

L. P. Singh, ICS, former Governor of five north eastern states, died in New Delhi. He was 86.

Veerappa Moily, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, resigned from Bangarappa Government in Karnataka.

UP ministry expanded by inducting 70 new members thus taking the total number of a record 93 members.

P.M. Sayeed of the Congress(I) re-elected as the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha.

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in Madhya Pradesh splits.

The Vajpayee Government 'clears' the names of Surjit Singh Barnala, Prabhat Kumar and Dinanath Tiwari for appointment as the Governors of the new States of Uttaranchal, Jharkhand and Chhatisgarh respectively.