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Historical Event on 5/27/1952

The use of Hindi language in addition to English language and of Devnagri form of numerals in addition to the international form of Indian numerals was authorised for warrants of appointments of Governors of State, Judges of the Supreme Court and Judges of the High Court.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/1/1950First Indigenous Steam Engine from Chitranjan Rail Factory railed out.
7/10/1997Malleswari earns India's first gold medal in Asian weightlifting championship in Beijing.
11/15/1991Import curbs on capital goods relaxed.
9/10/1858Manilal Nathubhai Dwivedi, great author and father of modern Gujarati poems, was born.
9/10/1980Mangalore University established.
6/5/1882Cyclonic Storm & floods in Arabian Sea hit Bombay. About 100,000 people drowned.
6/19/1999The ''people's bus'' from Calcutta rolls into Dhaka and is formally received by the Prime Minister and his Bangladesh counterpart.
5/19/1991About 20 crore voters go to the polls in the first phase of election in 204 constituencies of the 10th Lok Sabha.
8/13/1993Rama Rao vows not to return to the house unless the government is ousted.
4/22/1998India and Bangladesh resolve to work together to ''root out terrorism'', push bilateral trade and harness river waters of the region.