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Historical Event on 7/27/1998

The Centre announces a hefty hike in the pay scales of university and college teachers.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/13/1857Lord William Pit, Governer General of India (1823-28), passed away.
4/4/1987Agney, famous Hindi litterateur and Gyanpeeth Award winning poet, passed away.
5/9/1995Two new gas and oil reserves found off the Gujarat and Bombay coast.
2/10/1986Pope John Paul II ends visit to India.
5/18/1945Bhagwat Subramaniam Chandrasekhar, cricketer (brilliant Indian leggie 1964-79), was born in Banglore. He received Arjun Award and Padmashree awards in 1972.
7/3/1987The Festival of India in the USSR, to be inaugurated, is the largest cultural manifestation to be held by our country.
10/22/1997Faced with unprecedented Presidential rebuff, a divided U.F. Government reversed decision on invoking Article 356 in Uttar Pradesh. Kalyan Singh government survived.
2/2/1996Doordarshan Kendra was inagurated at Port Blair.
6/3/1995President's rule in J&K extended for another 6 months.
6/30/1992Over 20 Indian pilgrims die in Saudi Arabia due to heatwave and inadequate medical attention.