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Historical Event on 5/27/1999

IAF loses two fighter aircrafts in the Kargil area. Pakistan claims it has Flight Lieutenant Nachiketa in its custody.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/14/1998Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to M. S. Subbualakshmi (b 1916).
9/13/1965Pakistanis bomb Bombay.
6/30/1823Sir Dinshaw Manokji Petit, famous industrialist, was born.
10/11/1999Congress (I) Ministry under the leadership of Mukut Mithi is sworn-in in Arunachal Pradesh.
11/16/1995The Pension scheme ordinance for 18 million Provident Fund subscribers takes effect with an initial corpus of Rs. 85.00 billion.
9/11/1999India's Sachin Ratti won the men's singles title in the New Zealand International Badminton championship, defeating top seed and world No. 23 Rio Suryana of Australia in the final.
1/18/1995Kumble takes 16-99 in a match for Karnataka vs Kerala.
2/16/1982Sibnath Banerjee, great social worker and leader, passed away.
5/16/1926Manik Varma, famous singer, was born.
9/23/1967P. S. Vaidya, great Indian ODI pace bowler (1995-96), was born.