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Historical Event on 5/27/1996
A. B. Vajpayee, PM, seeks vote of confidence in his 12-day old govt.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/6/1954 | Nehru declared the National Health Scheme for the entire country. |
| 5/17/1998 | US President Bill Clinton wants India and Pakistan to sign CTBT. |
| 2/2/1915 | Khushvant Singh, famous journalist, was born. |
| 3/4/1858 | J. P. Walker, British Officer, along with 200 prisoners who were mainly from the Indian Sepoy Mutiny, sailed from Calcutta to start a new settlement in the Andaman Islands. |
| 1/5/1982 | C. Ramchandra (Chitalkar), famous music director, died. |
| 1/31/1946 | Subroto Guha, cricketer (right arm swing bowler for India 1967-69), was born in Calcutta. |
| 8/15/1947 | Paramveer Chakra, Mahaveer Chakra, Veer Chakra instituted as 'Awards for Gallantry'. |
| 3/11/1784 | Tipu Sultan and Britishers signed the treaty at Mangalore which is known as the Mangalore treaty. |
| 5/13/1971 | General Insurance nationalized. |
| 9/19/1996 | Suresh Mehta ministry is dismissed, President's rule imposed. |
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