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Historical Event on 3/27/1989

T. N. Seshan was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 23-12-1989.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/12/1998India will not reverse the nuclear programme, declared Mr. Vajpayee.
5/1/1908Praful Chaki committed suicide after he threw a bomb on Judge Kingsford of Mujaffarpur, killing two inocent women.
7/18/1980Second Experimental launch of Space Launch Vehicle -3 (SLV-3) by Indian made 35 kilogram Rohini satellite (RS-1) successfully placed in orbit. It was used for measuring in-flight performance of second experimental launch of SLV-3. The launch took from Sriharikota and India became the sixth nation to put a satellite into orbit.
7/25/1958Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, inaugurated.
2/16/1982Sibnath Banerjee, great social worker and leader, passed away.
1/10/199627th International Film Festival of India begins in New Delhi.
11/9/1967Bhartiya Kranti Dal, a new political party founded.
11/9/1967Sultan Mehmud of Ghazni began his first real expedition to India by defeating the Hindu King Jaipal. He won Afghanisthan and Punjab in Peshawar battle. This was the first major Muslim conquest in India.
2/20/1985Bhawani Prasad Mishra, progressive Hindi poet, passed away. His most famous poem is ""Main Geet Bechtaa Hun"".
1/5/1952U.S. signs five-year accord to give India $ 50 mil. for economic development in New Delhi.