ON 27 DECEMBER IN SOUTH ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on December 27, 2018
1796: Birth of Mirza Ghalib, Indian poet who died on February 15, 1869
http://www.indiaparenting.com/stories/greatindians/gi013.shtml
http://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/27th-december-1797-mirza-ghalib-indian-poet-was-born
1911: “Jana Gana Mana”, the national anthem of India, is first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jana_Gana_Mana
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh26zOjIh9I
1965: Birth of Salman Khan, Indian actor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salman_Khan
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006795/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k-b76igTy8
1979: In Afghanistan, overthroned president Hafizullah Amin is executed and replaced by Babrak Karmal
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviets-take-over-in-afghanistan
http://movies2.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/1227.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Storm-333
1996: Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram air base which solidify their buffer zone around Kabul
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagram_air_base
2007: Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is killed in an suicide Attack
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7161590.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2228796.stm
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/28/world/asia/28bhutto.html
https://www.thenational.ae/world/asia/who-killed-former-pakistan-prime-minister-benazir-bhutto-1.665423
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNO_3qHHsgA&feature=related
2012: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, son of Pakistan’s former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, vowed to continue his mother’s fight for democracy on Thursday night as he declared himself the heir to her political dynasty.
2013: Death of Farooq Sheikh, Indian actor, born onMarch 25, 1948
http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/actor-farooq-sheikh-dies-of-heart-attack-in-dubai-464102
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/kt-article-display-1.asp?xfile=data/nationgeneral/2013/December/nationgeneral_December213.xml§ion=nationgeneral
2016 : Death of Ratnasiri Wickremanayake, former Sri Lanka Prime Minister
http://www.colombopage.com/archive_16B/Dec27_1482847217CH.php
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratnasiri_Wickremanayake