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Historical Event on 5/27/1999

IAF loses two fighter aircrafts in the Kargil area. Pakistan claims it has Flight Lieutenant Nachiketa in its custody.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/2/1970Smt. Chonira Beliappa Muthamma, India's first woman ambassador, was deputed at Hungary.
12/24/1762Gopalrao defeated in the battle of Jamkhindi.
4/17/1945Gandhiji, in a statement regarding the ensuing San Francisco Conference, says that 'peace is impossible without equality and freedom of India'. Also demands a just peace for Germany and Japan.
7/8/1958Lord Canning declared that since peace was established, it is better known as end of Indian Mutiny, 1857.
3/15/1983Karnataka beat Bombay in 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy.
3/27/1992India signs Friendship Treaty with Ukraine.
7/12/1947Pochiah Krishnamurthy, great Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1971 WI tour), was born in Hyderabad.
1/8/1908Mary Nadia Wadia (Fearless Nadia), great actress, was born.
6/13/1998India rejects G-8 prescriptions saying they are ''coercive and intrusive'' and intend to freeze the nuclear weapon capabilities of New Delhi and Islamabad.
1/7/1987Kapil Dev takes his 300th Test wicket. At 28, he was the youngest cricketer to accomplish this feat.