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Historical Event on 5/27/1968
Second Jawaharlal Nehru award for International Understanding given to Reverend Martin Luther King posthumously.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/10/1832 | Edwin Arnold, English writer (Light of India), was born. |
| 1/20/1990 | Dr. Raja Ramanna sworn in Minister of State for Defence. |
| 10/29/1992 | Komar Singh, the first Indian Ambassador to Israel, presented credentials to President Chain Herzog in Jerusalem. |
| 8/5/1999 | Nisha Millet became the first Indian swimmer to receive the International Olympic Committee's Solidarity Scholarship, given to sportspersons with outstanding track record and possessing Olympic potential. |
| 5/1/1966 | Marathi becomes the official language of Maharashtra. |
| 6/23/1984 | An Air-India jumbo jet plunged into the Atlantic Ocean near Ireland today, killing all 329 people on board. Indian officials said the crash apparently was caused by a bomb placed aboard the jetliner by a Sikh extremist group as retaliation for an army raid. |
| 8/7/1986 | Lok Sabha passes Constitution 53rd Amendment bill conferring statehood on Mizoram. |
| 1/16/1996 | Supreme Court says trial courts should hold trial of rape cases in camera. |
| 2/8/1948 | Indian govt. bans Muslim groups 'Khaksars' and 'League National Guard'. |
| 12/25/1972 | Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, great revolutionary freedom fighter, social worker, eminent litterateur, first Indian Governor General and the founder President of Swatantra Party, passed away. |
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