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Historical Event on 5/27/1968
Second Jawaharlal Nehru award for International Understanding given to Reverend Martin Luther King posthumously.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/22/1933 | Vithalbhai Patel, great freedom fighter, social worker, leader, politician, President of the Central Assembly, lawyer and member of parliament, died in Geneva. |
| 8/15/1990 | India successfully test fires 'Akash', an advanced medium range surface to air missile. |
| 2/19/1996 | Biennial elections to fill 39 Rajya Sabha seats in nine states. |
| 12/7/1989 | Hemananda Biswal sworn in as Orissa Chief Minister. |
| 9/18/1917 | Sher Singh, educationist and politician, was born at Baghpur (Haryana). |
| 2/12/1996 | Former Union Minister Kalpanath Rai sent to Tihai jail for allegedly harbouring members of mafia don Dawood Ibrahim's gang. |
| 7/18/1909 | Vishnu Dey, Gyanpeeth awardee and famous Bengali poet, was born. |
| 9/9/1872 | Sarladevi Chaudharani, Bengali poet, was born. |
| 6/8/1906 | Syed Nazir Ali, cricketer (bro of Wazir Ali, India's 1st Test 1932), born at Jullunder. |
| 6/15/1659 | Aurangzeb was declared as the Emperor of India at Red Fort Delhi. |
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