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Historical Event on 5/27/1991

Justice J.S. Verma of the Supreme Court appointed to probe into Rajiv Gandhi murder case.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/14/1997Special session of Parliament to commemorate 50 years of independence.
7/6/1901Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, great social reformer, politician and leader, was born at Calcutta. He was the founder of the ""Bharatiya Jana Sangh"", of which BJP is the successor party. His father Sir Asutosh was widely known in Bengal.
8/7/1980Mother Teresa visits the poor in Bronx at New York.
7/18/1997Fifth Pay Commission report approved by Central Govt.
1/10/199627th International Film Festival of India begins in New Delhi.
4/1/1954Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee became the first Indian to become the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 08/Nov/1960.
2/8/1989Mrs. Gro Harlem Brundtland, PM of Norway, was awarded 1988 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development.
10/14/1998Prof. Amartya Sen was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics. He became the sixth Indian, by birth or citizenship, to win a Nobel.
3/12/1992Centenary celebrations held at Kasturba Hospital for Infections diseases. (CIVIC).
10/9/1994Kamal Bose, great photographer, died.