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Historical Event on 5/27/1991

Justice J.S. Verma of the Supreme Court appointed to probe into Rajiv Gandhi murder case.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/6/1991Chandrasekhar resigns as PM.
1/28/1894Anandibai Prabhakar Jayawant, famous Hindi writer, was born at Baroda.
11/12/1969Indira Gandhi, who was expelled from Congress for indiscipline during President elections, made a large split and formed her own Congress Party with Jagjivan Ram as President. The party is recognised as Congress (I).
8/15/1947The Defence department becomes the Ministry of Defence under a Cabinet Minister. Each service was placed under its own Commander-in-Chief. Under the Constitution, the supreme command of the Armed Forces was vested with the President.
9/26/1979Charan Singh launches a new party called the Lok Dal.
7/24/1999Vimala Ranadive (84), senior CPI(M) leader, died in Mumbai.
9/19/1995PM leaves for a 5-day visit to the two Central Asian republics of Turkmenistan and Kyrghistan.
7/1/1906Pulavar Kulandai, great author and poet, was born at Bhavani.
12/30/1971Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai, famous nuclear scientist, died.
11/9/1924Pandit C. R. Vyas, veteran singer, was born.