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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
4/11/2000Ms. Jhumpa Lahiri, an author of Indian origin, wins the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her debut collection of short stories 'Interpreter of Maladies'.
3/1/1901Vaidya Jogeshchandra Banerjee was born.
12/21/1993JPC indicts RBI and Finance Ministry in the multi-crore security scam.
2/3/1977Government relaxes rules of Emergency to permit normal political activity and electioneering.
8/26/1927Second Radio Centre was started in Calcutta.
5/1/1992Seperate secretariat was established for primary education.
7/4/2000Volvo's Environmental Prize went to Prof. Amulya K. N. Reddy of India and three others for their work on ''How the world's energy resources can be made to suffice as the population grows''.
9/30/1997Gen. V. P. Malik takes over from Gen. Shankar Roychowdhury as Chief of Army Staff.
7/5/1981Rajan Mahadevan recites 31,811 digits of ¦(pie) from memory.
12/28/1930Police are stoned by demonstrators as they attempt to prevent an illegal flag-salutation ceremony at Bombay.