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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
11/17/1928Lala Lajpat Rai died in Lahore after being seriously wounded in the barbarous lathi charge of 30th October. He is referred as the ""Lion of Punjab"" or ""Punjab Kesari"" and is remembered as freedom fighter, nationalist, educationist, lawyer, thinker, writer, social reformer, orator and a passionate fighter for the revival of the ancient Indian culture and
10/20/1962The first IAFunit No. 2 squadron re-equipped with the Gnat at Ambalan and No.9 squadron soon followed suit.
5/11/1995In central Kashmir, militants burnt the Charar-e-Sherif shrine (the tomb of Sufi saint Sheikh Noorudin Noorani) built in 1460 by Zain-ul- Abidin.
10/21/1906Gandhiji went to England till Nov 30 on deputation to present Indians' case to Colonial Secretary.
8/2/1994Opposition quits Parliament panels, boycotts sessions.
3/9/1931Karansingh, politician, was born.
3/24/1944Manmohan Singh, famous economist and Finance Minister of India, was born.
10/23/1985Rajiv Gandhi went to New York for the 40th anniversary of the UN.
8/5/1992Achyutrao Patwardhan, leader of 'Quit India Movement', died at Varanasi at the age of 86.
11/27/1881Kashi Prasad Jayaswal, great lawyer, philosopher and eminent historian, was born at Mirzapur, UP.