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Historical Event on 7/27/1998

B. B. Lyngdoh is sworn in Meghalaya Chief Minister.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/30/1889Acharya Narendra Deo, educationist, freedom fighter and politician, was born at Sitapur, U.P.
7/28/1999Shiv Sena president Bal Thackeray is banned from voting and contesting in any election for six years from December 11, 1995 on the recommendations of the Election Commission.
5/20/1677Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj won the fort of Jingi.
2/20/1987Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh becomes the 23rd and 24th states of Indian Union.
2/20/1987Royal Charter forms the East India Company, setting in motion a process that ultimately results in the subjugation of India under British rule.
11/21/1961Communist China announced a cease-fire in its border war with India and said it would withdraw its troops 12 miles behind the boundary lines that existed in 1959. China said it was making the move to end the hostilities and to implement proposals it had made in October to settle the border dispute. Before the ceasefire, Chinese troops had seized the Indian headquarters at Bomdila near Tibet and were threatening the Indian state of Assam. Faced with defeat on the border and a Chinese invasion, the Indian government said it would ""respond positively"" to the Chinese offer of a ceasef
8/5/2000Lala Amarnath (88), former Indian cricketer, died in New Delhi.
7/1/1989Yashvantrao Chavan Open University was established.
10/1/1854Postal stamp introduced in India. These lithographed stamps were of denominations of half anna and one anna. These stamps bore the Head of Queen Victoria with India at top and value at bottom. The half anna stamp was printed between May 5 to July 29 and printing of one anna stamp commenced on July 26.
12/8/1999The Opposition attacks Prime Minister Vajpayee for ""withholding'' information on ministers' resignation.