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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 |
| 11/17/1991 | Narasimha Rao, PM, wins by-election in Nandyal with a record margin of 5,80,297 votes. |
| 2/10/1990 | Saroj Mukherjee, WB's CPI(M) secretary, died. |
| 10/2/1910 | Frank C. Brown, educationist and social worker, was born. |
| 1/22/1990 | The International Literacy Campaign was launced in the country by the Prime Minister at a national function held at New Delhi. (8-9-90). |
| 3/20/1970 | Establishment of Muslim Satyashodhak Samaj. |
| 10/20/1963 | Navjot Singh Bhagwantsingh Sidhu, cricketer (Indian opening batsman), was born in Patiala. |
| 3/23/1898 | Nalinibala Devi, Assamia poet, was born. |
| 3/12/1997 | aspal Rana equals world mark in standard pistol 25m (ISU) event in South Asian shooting in Delhi. |
| 3/12/1997 | Pedro Cabral departs from Pourtugol with 13 ships to India. |
| 7/29/1979 | Choudhary Charan Singh was sworn in as the fifth Prime Minister of India heading the Janata (S)-Congress coalition. He held this office till January 14, 1980. Jagjivan Ram became the leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha. |
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