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Historical Event on 5/27/1964

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister and architect of modern India, passed away at the age of 74.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/21/1980Assembly elections in Kerala; LDF wins absolute majority. E.K. Nayanar forms government in Kerala.
9/6/1993CPI (M) wrests Congress (I) bastion of Chowringhee in the by-elections to the WB Assembly; Durgapur and Kurseong also won by CPI (M).
8/23/1994Former prime minister Mian Nawaz Sharif said that Pakistan possessed a nuclear bomb and warned that an attack by India could start a nuclear war in Pakistan.
10/14/1955Colombo Plan conference held at New Delhi pleas for technological aid to Asia .
10/14/1955Zahir Al-Din Muhammad Babur Shah (1526-30), prince and founder of Mughal dynasty in India, was born.
1/23/1909New direct 7,000-mile telegraphic link with India is hailed as a great achievement at London.
12/7/1999Nareshwar Dayal is appointed India's High Commissioner to UK.
6/5/1923Santosh Kumar Kisku Rev, great educationist and social worker, was born.
11/1/1930S. R. Bose, cricket test umpire for one test in 1983-84, was born in Bihar.
2/3/1986Pope John Paul II meets Mother Teresa at Calcutta.