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Historical Event on 8/27/1987

B. Shankaranand appointed Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee to enquire into the Bofors gun deal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/13/1936Dinsha Wachha, great Industrialist and social worker, passed away at Mumbai.
6/9/1997Portfolio changes were effected by I K Gujral in Union Cabinet.
9/4/1987Roop Kanwar, an 18-year-old girl, commits Sati (burning herself in her husband's funeral pyre) in Deorala in Rajasthan.
1/28/1877Pulin Bihari Das, revolutionary journalist, passed away.
12/29/1972Construction work of Metro Train in Calcutta commenced.
8/5/1921Malhi Govind, modern Sindhi novelist, was born.
10/4/1999Rest of India won the Zal Irani Trophy in Bangalore.
5/24/1875Sir Sayed Ahmed Khan established Mohmmad Anglo Oriental School which was renamed in 1920 as 'Aligarh Muslim University'.
1/2/2000Surya Sekar Ganguly (Goodricke National Academy) wins the Junior National chess championship in Sivakasi.
2/12/1890Shastri A. R. Krishna was born.