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Historical Event on 5/27/1999

IAF loses two fighter aircrafts in the Kargil area. Pakistan claims it has Flight Lieutenant Nachiketa in its custody.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/11/1994The Supreme Court stays Karnataka Reservation Act.
11/5/1892John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, biologist, was born at Oxford.
9/16/1997General Manager of Tata Tea remanded to judicial custody on charges of abetting and aiding ULFA.
10/3/1984India's longest distance train Himsagar Express (from Jammu Tavi to Kanya Kumari) was first flagged.
1/31/1931Gangadhar Mahambre, famous Mmarathi writer, was born.
3/27/1999World No. 2 Viswanathan Anand won the title with a round to spare in the rapid section of the Amber rapid and blindfold chess tournaments in Monte Carlo.
6/23/1984An 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.
2/16/1986The Silver Jubilee of I.N.S.- Vikrant, India's only aircraft carrier, fails.
4/15/1947The new Indian Parliament appeals for non-violence.
5/17/1992R. Venkataraman, President, leaves for a six-day visit to China.