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Historical Event on 10/27/1998

L. P. Singh, ICS, former Governor of five north eastern states, died in New Delhi. He was 86.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/18/1898Damodar Hari Chapekar, India's first revolutionary, was hanged in the Yervada Central Jail. He was punished for killing the Rand and Ayrest British Officials.
4/18/1898Buhlul Khan Lodi, an Afghan of Lodi tribe, marched down upon Delhi.
2/3/1997Major fire reduces Calcutta Book Fair to ashes.
5/11/1985Booby (Doll) trap bomb kills 86 people in India.
2/11/1968Deendayal Upadhyaya, great philosopher, litterateur, social worker, thinker and founder of Jansangh, passed away.
11/8/1960Subroto Mukherjee died while having dinner in Tokyo, where he had gone with the Air India International Airlines which made its first inaugural flight to the city of Tokyo, Japan.
7/4/1989Capt. W. A. Sangma appointed Governor of Mizoram and A. A. Rahim Governor of Meghalaya.
11/27/1998India retains the Asia Cup tennis championship in Delhi beating Uzbekistan 2-1 in the final.
7/31/1992Sitar maestro Pt. Ravishankar wins the Magsaysay Award.
5/11/1991Naxalities in Andhra abduct P. Sudhir Kumar, son of the former Union Minister Shiv Shankar.