ON 27 JULY IN SOUTH ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on July 27, 2019
1880: During the Second Anglo-Afghan War, Battle of Maiwand. in a pyrrhic victory, Afghan forces led by Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand
http://www.britishbattles.com/second-afghan-war/maiwand.htm
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1229067/One-British-soldiers-diaries-bloody-battle-Afghanistan-130-years-ago-provide-haunting-insight-horrors-troops-face-now.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Maiwand
1927: Birth of Sat Mahajan, Indian politician who died on September 1, 2012
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sat_Mahajan
1967: Birth of Rahul Bose, Indian journalist, actor, director, and screenwriter
http://www.koimoi.com/actor/rahul-bose/
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0097893/
1976: Alfred Duraiappah, former MP and mayor of Jaffna, Sri Lanka is assassinated by Velupillai Prabhakaran, the leader of the LTTE. First murder of the LTTE
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Duraiappah
http://archives.dailynews.lk/2009/05/26/fea06.asp
1982: Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s first visit to the US in almost 11 years
http://www.nytimes.com/1982/07/28/world/mrs-gandhi-in-us-on-first-visit-in-a-decade.html
http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675045035_Indian-Prime-Minister-Indira-Gandhi_American-President_Ronald-Reagan_Zubin-Mehta
http://www.google.fr/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=5&ved=0CDsQFjAEahUKEwjC75uKmvnGAhUCORQKHd86C8A&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.larouchepub.com%2Feiw%2Fpublic%2F1982%2Feirv09n30-19820810%2Feirv09n30-19820810_059-indira_gandhi_in_washington_dc_a.pdf&ei=Cwm1VYK-K4LyUN_1rIAM&usg=AFQjCNGzarL0dii1TRd7uy97DV_9HGDgTg&sig2=YLwz_KqaV1Z1LmpCsheN7g
1983: In Sri Lanka, in what is called the Black July, 18 Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo were massacred by the Sinhalese prisoners, the second such massacre in two days
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_July
1992 : Death of Bollywood actor Amjad Khan, born onNovember 12, 1940
http://www.filmibeat.com/celebs/amjad-khan/biography.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amjad_Khan_(actor)
http://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/july-27-1992-popular-bollywood-actor-amjad-khan-dies
2002: Death of Krishan Kant, vice-president of the Republic of India and president of the National Assembly
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/jul/29/guardianobituaries
2005: Death of Swami Shantananda, Mahasamadhi Day, Indian Saint, Philosopher, born on April 7, 1934
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shantanda_Saraswathi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sS5LDUI-rz0
2011: India and Pakistan pledge not to let their fragile peace process slide again because of thorny issues that have made the nuclear neighbors bitter enemies.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-14291484