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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
12/10/1902Sir Ronald Ross was awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine for detecting the cause of Malaria.
7/10/1971Kochin University was established in Kerala.
7/10/1992Dr. Najma Heptulla re-elected Dy. Chairman of Rajya Sabha.
9/5/1918Ratanji Jamshetji Tata, famous Indian industrialist and social reformer, died.
5/9/1933Gandhiji announced suspension of Civil Disobedience Movement for six weeks and called on the Government to withdraw its Ordinances.
6/20/1858Gwalior fort was captured by British troops and the first Indian Sepoy Mutiny officially came to an end.
1/7/1997Jaspal Rana bags six gold medals in the men's standard pistol and air pistol and set two more records on the penultimate day of the National shooting.
12/7/1989Hemananda Biswal sworn in as Orissa Chief Minister.
7/11/1630Rezabeebeth Sookeas Begum passed away.
8/22/1984R. Venkataraman was elected the Vice President of India (1984 -1987).