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Historical Event on 5/27/1996
A. B. Vajpayee, PM, seeks vote of confidence in his 12-day old govt.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
12/28/1932 | Britain says it is to release 28,000 prisoners, including Gandhi. |
2/12/1949 | Gundappa Ranganath Viswanath, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman of 70s), was born in Bhadravati, Mysore. He received Padmashree (1971) and Arjun Award (1978). |
3/31/1992 | Madhav Sinh Solanki, External Affairs minister, resigns on Bofors letter issue. |
4/9/1965 | After Indo-Pak conflict of 1965, the Raksha Medal, Samar Seva Star and some others were introduced. |
8/15/1947 | Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru becomes the first Indian Prime Minister of free India. |
5/10/1993 | Santosh Yadav becomes the first Indian woman to reach the Everest for the second time. |
1/31/1931 | Gangadhar Mahambre, famous Mmarathi writer, was born. |
8/1/1955 | Arun Lal, cricketer (Indian batsman in sixteen Tests 1982-89), was born in Moradabad, U.P. |
10/11/1927 | Sarojini Regani, great journalist, was born at Secunderabad. |
2/23/1994 | India rebuts Pak charges on Kashmir in the 53-nation UN Commission on Human Rights. |
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