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Historical Event on 8/27/1987
B. Shankaranand appointed Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee to enquire into the Bofors gun deal.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/15/1997 | Lok Sabha passes Income Tax (Amendment) Bill, 1997. |
| 11/17/1999 | India beats New Zealand by seven wickets to win the one-day cricket series in New Delhi. Saurav Ganguly adjudged the 'man of the match' and 'man of the series'. |
| 10/20/1997 | Veerappan, the forest brigand, releases the six hostages after 12 days. |
| 6/17/1839 | Lord William Bentik, governor general of India, was born. |
| 2/21/1878 | Mother-Pondicherry, greatest world teacher, was born in Paris. |
| 12/3/1948 | Surendra Pratap Singh, famous journalist and chief editor of Navbharat Times, was born. |
| 5/9/1996 | LDF wins 80 sets and UDF 59 in Kerala elections . |
| 6/13/1999 | The Indian army secures the strategic Tololing peak in the Dras sector. |
| 10/11/1876 | Saint Gadgebaba, Bengali story writer and novelist, was born. |
| 3/16/1912 | Gandhiji commends Gokhale's attempts for abolition of indenture system. |
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