Historical Events on February 27.

1.  Marathi Language Day & World NGO Day

2.  1844, 27th Feb: The Dominican Republic gained independence from Haiti.

3.  1900, 27th Feb: The Labor Party formed in Britain.

4.  1931, 27th Feb: Revolutionary Chandrashekhar Azad shot himself to avoid arrest in an encounter with the British police in Allahabad.

5.  1951, 27th Feb: The 21st Amendment to the US Constitution was passed, bringing the maximum term of a person’s presidency to eight years.

6.  2002, 27th Feb: Godhra train burning – A Muslim mob burnt alive 59 Hindu pilgrims returning from Ayodhya in a train carriage at Godhra, Gujarat.

7.  2010, 27th Feb: India secured the first position in the Eighth Commonwealth Shooting Competition by winning a total of 74 medals includes 35 gold, 25 silver, and 14 bronze.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on February 27.

1.  1807: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, an American poet, and educator.

2.  1899: Charles Best, American-Canadian medical scientist and one of the co-discoverers of insulin.

3.  1912: Vishnu Vāman Shirwādkar, popularly known by his pen name, Kusumāgraj, an eminent Marathi poet, playwright, novelist, and short-story writer.

4.  1925: Shyama Charan Shukla, Indian politician and the Chief Minister of undivided Madhya Pradesh. 

5.  1934: Manoj Das, an Indian author who writes in Odia and English.

6.  1943: B. S. Yediyurappa, an Indian politician and the 19th and current Chief Minister of Karnataka.

7.  1952: Prakash Jha, an Indian film producer, actor, director, and screenwriter.

8.  1986: Sandeep Singh, an Indian professional field hockey.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on February 27.

1.  1931: Chandra Shekhar Azad, an Indian revolutionary.

2.  1936: Ivan Petrovich Pavlov, a Russian physiologist.

3.  1956: Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar, first Speaker of the Constituent Assembly of India.

4.  1997: Shyamalal Babu Rai, an Indian Hindi film lyricist. 

5.  2010: Nanaji Deshmukh, a social reformer and politician from India.