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Historical Event on 5/27/1998
Minoo Masani, 92, co-founder of the Swatantra Party, passed away in Mumbai after a brief illness.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/2/1957 | Central Warehouse Corporation established. |
| 7/16/1936 | Venkataraman Subramanya, cricketer (Indian bowler in nine Tests mid-60's, Leg Break Googly, Right Arm), was born in Bangalore. |
| 3/10/1939 | 17 villages damaged by hailstones in Hyderabad, India. |
| 12/28/2000 | The Kanchi Acharya presents the Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati national eminence awards to former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao, Smt. M.S. Subbulakshmi (in absentia), scientist Ramnarayan Agarwal and pravachan artist Rameshbhai Ojha. |
| 5/9/1874 | First horse-drawn tram car started running in Mumbai. |
| 9/4/1984 | Air Chief Marshal L. M. Katre, PVSM, AVSM and Bar, became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 01/07/1985. |
| 4/15/1794 | Moropant Paradkar, great poet of Marathi in Peshwa kingdom, passed away. |
| 7/26/1874 | Rajarshi Shahu Chhatrapati, great revolutionary freedom fighter and social reformer, was born. |
| 1/24/1950 | Dr. Rajendra Prasad became the first President of India. |
| 5/5/1818 | Karl Marx, great journalist, chief editor, writer and social worker, was born at Trier, Germany. |
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