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Historical Event on 5/27/1906

Gandhiji writes to his brother Lakshimidas, stating his disinterestedness in worldly possessions.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/9/1991Gold ornaments pledged by the Goans to the Portugese bank returned to owners.
2/13/1989Aubrey Menen (76), Renowned writer, passed away in Kerala.
9/30/1999Hindi writer Prof. Prem Shankar and Tamil scholar Ashokamitran selected for K.K. Birla Foundation Fellowships in comparative Indian literature.
10/28/1996Press Council of India to set up a 5-member committee headed by Chairman P.B. Sawant to inquire into the attack on journalists outside the New Delhi residence of Kanshi Ram.
3/4/1994Lech Walesa, Polish President, visit India.
10/30/1992India and China decide to continue peace measures and open more points for border trade.
7/1/1909Madanlal Dhingra, revolutionary, assassinated Sir William Curzon Wyllie, a prominent Anglo-Indian, at the Imperial Institute in London.
9/16/1996First one-day international in Canada played between India and Pakistan at Toronto.
6/17/1839Lord William Bentik, governor general of India, was born.
5/2/1921Satyajeet Ray, world famous film director and a very short story writer, was born in a family of artistS. In 1989, he was awarded highest honour of France ''Legion d Honeur''.