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Historical Event on 5/27/1957

Copyright Act was passed.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/5/1851Geological Survey of India was established in Calcutta.
7/14/1854Mahendranath Gupt, follower of Ramkrishna Paramahans, was born.
7/25/1813First boat race started at Calcutta on the Hooghly river where seven sailing boats had competed.
6/23/1980Sanjay Gandhi, great Indian politician and younger son of Indira Gandhi, died in a plane crash. He was recently appointed as the General Secretary of the AICC (I).
7/31/1946Jinnah threatens sanctions of ""Direct Action"".
10/28/1998Ghulam Ahmed, former Indian cricket captain, died in Hyderabad.
12/21/1921Praphulchandra Natwarlal Bhagwati, justice of Supreme Court, was born.
1/16/1999Ritwick Bhattacharya (Delhi) and Mekhala Subedar (Maharashtra) won the men's and women's titles in the National squash championship in Calcutta.
12/1/1989National Front decides to form a government with outside support from the BJP and the Left Parties.
5/17/1957Nehru, who went to Ceylon to celebrate the 2,500th anniversary of the founding of Buddhism, calls for an end to nuclear tests.