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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 |
| 11/6/1985 | Sanjeev Kumar, film actor, died. |
| 1/22/1903 | Shankar Das Banerji, lawyer and politician, was born at Calcutta. |
| 9/26/1932 | Gandhiji breaks fast on Indian government's acceptance of his demand regarding Harijans. |
| 7/15/1980 | Gajanan Vishwanath Ketkar, editor of `Kesri' and `Maratha', passed away. |
| 5/7/1950 | 81 people died in a rail crash at Patna. A sabotage was suspected. |
| 5/28/1968 | Bhagwan Gopinathji Bhan, was a mystic saint of early 20th century Kashmir in India. He has been called a ""jivanmukta"" (liberated soul) or ""Aghoreshwar"" and his spiritual state has been described as ""Shambhavi Avastha"" (state of Shiva), died. He was a great devotee of Shiva and Shakti and took intense "Sadhana". His disciples and devotees set up an ashram at Kharyar in Srinagar in his name. |
| 8/10/1992 | Ram Niwas Mirdha appointed Chairman of the JPC on scam. |
| 6/16/1951 | Nehru opponents founded People's party at New Delhi. |
| 11/5/1928 | R. V. S. Perishastri, former Chief Election Commissioner of India, was born. |
| 10/31/1991 | Karsevaks' hoist flags on Masjid in Ayodhya. |
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