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Historical Event on 2/27/1987
UN Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar recieved the Jawaharlal Nehru award for International Understanding.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/13/1906 | Surendra Kumar Dey, social reformer and politician, was born at Sylhet (Bangladesh). |
| 8/15/1947 | The Indian independence divided not only the country but its armed forces as well. These units came down and their equipment was transferred to the newly created Royal Pakistan Air Force. Thus, the principal components of the Royal Indian Air Force, during the partition, were nos. 3, 4, 7, 8 and 10 Squadrons with Tempest US, No. 2 Squadron with Spitfires and No. 12 Squadron with C-47s and No. 1 Air Observation Flight (AOF). The establishment of this AOF with AOP Auster 4s, 5s and 6s, coincided with independence. No. 6 Squadron, which had been in process of converting from Spitfires to C-47s at Drigh Road, had been stood down and its transports transferred to Pakistan. |
| 1/3/1996 | Karnataka agrees to release 6 tmc ft. of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, bowing to PM's order. |
| 10/31/1962 | Krishna Menon, Home Minister, resign due to attack by China. |
| 9/18/1615 | Thomas Roe presented himself at Jahangir's court in Ajmer. He left India on February 17, 1618. |
| 11/1/1913 | Ghadar Movement started at San Francisco. |
| 7/19/1952 | India all out 82 in 2nd innings after making 52 runs earlier in the day. |
| 6/16/1997 | P. Sukumaran (50), Malayalam film actor, died in Kochi. |
| 4/13/1984 | India beat Pak by 58 runs to win the first Cricket Asia Cup in Sharjah. |
| 11/16/1887 | Padmacharan Patnaik, famous Orria poet, was born. |
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