27 February in Hindu history
27 February 1931
Chandrashekhar Azad falls at Alfred Park
Surrounded by police at Alfred Park in Allahabad, Azad fights alone and, keeping his vow never to be taken alive, uses his last bullet on himself. The park is now Chandrashekhar Azad Park.
27 February 2002
Sabarmati Express burned at Godhra
Coach S-6 of the Sabarmati Express, carrying kar sevaks back from Ayodhya, is set on fire at Godhra; 59 people, many of them women and children, are burned to death. Communal riots across Gujarat follow.