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Historical Event on 5/27/1964

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister and architect of modern India, passed away at the age of 74.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/18/1985Spy ring cracked. Top Government officials, businessmen held.
2/22/1947Nehru welcomes British independence offer, invites Muslims to join at New Delhi.
1/10/1920India became member of League of Nations.
2/19/1993German Chancellor Helmut Kohl receives the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding from the President.
11/16/1983Kapil Dev took 9-83 vs West Indies at Ahmedabad. India still lost the game.
7/10/1965First NCC (National Cadet Corps) College for training girls started at Gwalior.
4/23/1959Peking Radio reports say that Chinese troops defeated rebels in south-eastern Tibet and have closed Tibet's borders with India and Burma.
7/23/1993Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2B), second satellite in the INSAT-2 series, was launched. This is more operational multi-purpose communication and enhanced meteorology satellite. It is still in service. It was aunched by European Ariane launch vehicle.
2/9/1989Sanjay Khan, actor-director, critically injured in a fire accident.
8/15/1997K. R. Narayanan, President, posthumously confers nation's highest peace-time gallantry award 'Ashok Chakra' to second Lieutenant Puneet Dutta.