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Historical Event on 5/27/2000

In a mini cabinet reshuffle, Nitish Kumar gets back his Agriculture portfolio, while Dilip Ray resigns as Minister of State for Steel.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/7/1905Indian National Congress declared to boycott the British goods for the first time against Bengal partition, and also advocated to buy ' Swadeshi.
7/18/1909Vishnu Dey, Gyanpeeth awardee and famous Bengali poet, was born.
7/23/1990Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Indian Prime Minister and Gorbachev sign joint declaration committing their countries to building a nuclear-free and non-violent world in the first Indian-Soviet summit in the post-Gorbachev Soviet Union in Moscow.
5/9/1998Kirit Raval is appointed Solicitor-General of India.
2/16/1969Mirza Ghalib centenary stamp released.
8/3/1960Gopal Sharma, great Indian cricket off-spinner (2 Tests 1984-85), was born in Kanpur.
2/11/1818Britishers captured the 'Ajinkyatara' fort which belonged to the Marathas.
5/9/1996LDF wins 80 sets and UDF 59 in Kerala elections .
1/14/1926Mahashweta Devi was born at Jinda Bahar Lane, Dhaka.
8/21/1931Pandit Vishnu Dingambar Paluskar, famous singer and the blind musician of Maharashtra, passed away.