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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
11/7/1908N. R. Shede (Annasaheb), litterateur and editor, was born.
1/17/1601Akbar, after eight month's siege, entered Asirgarh one of the strongest forts in India.
5/3/1896Vengalil Krishnan Krishna Menon, great nationalist, lawyer, freedom fighter, barrister and member of the Rajya Sabha, was born at Panniyankara in Calicut, Kerala.
3/16/1880Parshuram Rajshekhar Basu, famous Bengali writer, was born.
2/16/1955Maghnath Saha, famous scientist, passed away.
9/5/1793Mir Kasim lost To Britishers near Rajmahal in battle of Udaynala.
9/2/1992Delhi High Court indicts CBI in Bofors case; FIR and letters rogatory quashed.
12/10/1985A. M. Prasad was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 30-04-1987.
2/18/1997Dhaniram Baruah, controversial heart surgeon who claimed to have transplanted a pig's heart into one of his patients, released on bail in Guwahati.
10/18/1997Prince Philip switches on the internet version of Malayala Manorama and The Week at Kochi.