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Historical Event on 5/27/1998

Minoo Masani, 92, co-founder of the Swatantra Party, passed away in Mumbai after a brief illness.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/24/1857Calcutta University established.
5/4/1998India is placed on the US Special 309 watch list.
8/27/1978Lord Mountbatten died in an explosion near Ireland.
7/12/1970Major flood in Alaknanda river resulted in sweeping of buses and claimed 600 lives.
9/12/1898Baldev Prasad Mishra, Hindi litterateur, was born.
1/11/1986Union Government declares Ladakh a Scheduled Tribe area under a constitutional amendment order by the President, applying article 342 for the first time to J&K.
3/22/199957 prisoners in Indian and Pakistan jails are repatriated to their respective motherlands at the Attari-Wagah joint checkpost on the border in Amristar district.
10/23/1883Mirza Mohammad Ismile, Diwan of Mysore and Prime Minister of Hydrabad and Jaipur, was born.
6/28/1996India opens its office (based in Gaza city) in the area under the Palestinian Authority.
1/8/1908Gandhiji asks the Government for suspension of Registration Act, offers voluntary registration.