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Historical Event on 2/27/1987

UN Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar recieved the Jawaharlal Nehru award for International Understanding.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/27/1926Padmanabh Govind Joshi alias ""Nana"" Joshi, cricket wicketkeeper during 1950's was born in Bar
6/3/1916Smt. Nathibai Damodar Thakarsey Women's University was established.
2/7/1687Mughal army won the Gowalkonda fort. Kutubshahi came to end.
2/8/1936Jawaharlal Nehru elected president of Indian National Congress.
8/15/1997K. R. Narayanan, President, posthumously confers nation's highest peace-time gallantry award 'Ashok Chakra' to second Lieutenant Puneet Dutta.
6/30/1930George Fernandes, worker's leader and politician, was born.
10/1/1909Gandhiji wrote to Tolstoy regarding Passive Resistance movement.
5/30/1952S.C.Mathur was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 01-07-1955.
7/6/1944Mahatama Gandhi was for the first time addressed as 'Father of Nation'.
3/31/1993Kidnapped cardiac surgeon Dr. Abdul Ahad Guroo killed in Srinagar.