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Historical Event on 5/27/1991
Justice J.S. Verma of the Supreme Court appointed to probe into Rajiv Gandhi murder case.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/15/1997 | Orissa Janata Dal unit splits with 29 of 43 Legislature Party members forming 'Biju Janata Dal'. |
| 5/29/1982 | Naval Academy at Ezhimala, Kerala, was approved by Union Cabinet. |
| 5/13/1994 | Telecom sector opened to private companies under the new national policy announced in Parliament. |
| 9/16/1931 | Political prisoners Tarkeshwar Dutta and Santosh Mitra were shot by an officer at Hijli detention camp near Kharagpur. They were arrested for attending the Hijli meeting. |
| 4/24/1858 | Kunwar Singh, revolutionary of Indian mutiny and freedom fighter, passed away. He fought his last battle near Jagdishpur, Bihar on April 23, 1858 and defeated the Britishers but was deeply wounded. He also organised the national rebels. |
| 4/4/1904 | Kundan Lal Saigal, golden voiced singer, legend in his lifetime, actor and film maker, was born in Jammu. Some of his famous songs are ""Ek Bangla Bane Nayara"", ""Diya Jalao"", ""Jab Dil Hi Toot Gaya"". |
| 7/31/1948 | State Transport Corporation was established in Calcutta. |
| 6/2/1990 | Union Government set up a tribunal to settle the Cauvery water issue between Tamil Nadu & Karnataka. |
| 7/17/1930 | Lord Irwin,British Viceroy, allows Indian moderates to visit Gandhi in prison. |
| 8/15/1947 | India gains independence from the British rule and Pakistan emerges as a separate Islamic nation. Around 600,000 die in clashes during the subsequent population exchange of 14 million people between the two new countries. |
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