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Historical Event on 8/27/1978

Lord Mountbatten died in an explosion near Ireland.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/1/1993The two helicopters along with the first batch of fifteen personnel were ferried out in an AN-12 from Delhi to Mogadishu. The two helicopters were provided by 111 HU.
11/28/1993JRD Tata, 89, passed away in Geneva.
3/19/2000Bill Clinton, US President, arrives to a warm welcome in India. This was the first presidential visit of a US head in two decades.
1/22/1901Nirmal Kumar Bose was born.
1/12/1955Pandit Baburao Vishnu Paradkar, eminent Hindi editor and veteran journalist, passed away.
4/2/1992Agajan Baig (Aga), famous Hindi film actor, passed away.
12/15/1991Satyajit Ray, film maestro, awarded Special Oscar for his lifetime achievement.
11/30/1989Congress (I) emerges largest party in Lok Sabha by winning 193 seats, Congress (I) rule in Karnataka and Veerendra Patil made the Chief Minister.
6/7/1606Guru Arjundev, fifth Guru of Sikhs, passed away.
5/27/1952The use of Hindi language in addition to English language and of Devnagri form of numerals in addition to the international form of Indian numerals was authorised for warrants of appointments of Governors of State, Judges of the Supreme Court and Judges of the High Court.