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Historical Event on 6/27/1998

Mr. Nikhil Chakravartty, journalist and chairman of Prasar Bharati, dies in New Delhi at 84.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/22/1845Serampore of Hooghly district and Balasore cities from Dutch purchased East Indian Company.
12/23/1902Chaudhary Charan Singh was born at Noopur village in Hapur Tehsil near Meerut. He was a freedom fighter and had done many deeds for upliftment of Agriculture in India. He was the Prime Minister of India from July 1979 to January 1980.
4/2/1994Ravi Naik sworn in CM.
9/29/19881988 Nobel Peace Prize for U.N. Peace-Keeping Forces.
5/10/1977Jahangir Khan, famous musician, passed away.
10/2/1986Rajiv Gandhi survives assassination attempt made by Sikh extremists at Raj Ghat.
1/21/1997Delhi was the first city to use propane gas when 50 autorickshaws were started on trial basis.
2/27/1912Lawrence Durrell, Britsh writer (Alexandria Quartet, Private Country), was born in Darjeeling, India. .
4/9/1893Maha Pandit Rahul Sanskrityayan, politician, professor and Hindi writer, was born at Pandaha, Azamgarh.
6/16/1859Anandram Dhekial Fukun, father of modern Assamia poetry and essay writer, passed away.