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Historical Event on 6/27/1998

Homi J. H. Taleyarkhan, Gandhian, Congressman and former Sikkim Governor, dies at 86.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/11/1958Two lakh Indians in East Pakistan were rounded up and lodged in concentration camps.
1/7/1883Martyer Sohanlal Pathak was born.
2/16/1933Surya Sen Masterda, revolutionary freedom fighter, who attacked the Armoury of Chittagong with 62 men of the Indian Republican Army and was underground on Jalalabad Hills, was arrested.
5/25/1996Kathapurushan' wins best film national award.
11/30/1915Venkat Apparao Gurjad, famous Telgu poet, died.
2/14/1996President dedicates 55,000-seated Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium at Kochi to the nation.
8/15/1947Brigadier Thakur Mahadeo Singh was the first Indian Commandant. He was the DSO of Indian Militery Academy.
2/10/1859General Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny.
12/15/1943The Vengeance suffered numerous defects and teething troubles, necessitating temporary withdrawal from the two IAF squadrons, but the problems were eventually mitigated if not eradicated, and No. 8 Sqn flew its first operational Vengeance sorties against Japanese targets from Double Moorings, Chittagong.
5/16/1994Phani Mujumdar, veteran film producer and director, passed away.