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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
4/9/1993Lt. Gen. B.C. Joshi to be the next army chief.
7/4/1992Sanskrit made a compulsory subject from sixth to intermediate classes in Uttar Pradesh.
5/16/1998India rejects China's charges on N-tests.
11/12/1954Bharat Reddy, cricket wicket-keeper (India 1979), was born in Madras.
7/24/1985Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sikh leader Sant Harchand Singh Longowal of Akali Dal signed a peace contract known as 'Punjab Accord' thus ending the four-year agitation in Punjab.
6/18/1979Sri Lanka beat India by 47 runs in Cricket World Cup upset.
8/1/1993Dr. K. N. Raju, a Nilakantan protegee, assumes office as NAL's fourth Director.
6/6/1935Harry Crews, great US writer and actor (Indian Runner), was born.
5/27/1994Tarktirth Laxmanshastri Joshi, internationally famous omnicient, passed away.
6/14/1985M.C. Sharma was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 10-12-1985.