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Historical Event on 8/27/1987

B. Shankaranand appointed Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee to enquire into the Bofors gun deal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/29/1870'Hicleche Bengal Gazette' newspaper published in India.
1/8/2000Abhin Shyam Gupta and B.R. Meenakshi win the NSCI Grand Prix all India badminton tournament in Mumbai.
7/25/1995India reaps a record harvest of food grain of 189.77 million tonnes ('94, 95).
8/1/1994Surendra Singh was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1996.
9/7/2000The Election Commission de-recognises the Lok Shakti, headed by former Union Minister Ramakrishna Hegde, as a state party on the basis of its performance in the Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in 1999.
8/3/1960Gopal Sharma, great Indian cricket off-spinner (2 Tests 1984-85), was born in Kanpur.
4/26/1993Indian Airlines' IC 491 crashes at Aurangabad, killing 55 passengers.
1/3/1947Gandhiji toured the riot-affected areas in Bihar from January 3 to January 29.
9/12/1961Nalin Vilochan Sharma, great Hindi critic, died.
3/13/1963Indian Govenment announced 'Arjun Awards' to boost the morale of various sports personalities.