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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 |
| 8/22/1877 | Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, great painter, philosopher, linguist, critic, art researcher in the East, was born at Colombo in Sri Lanka. |
| 8/17/1916 | Amritlal Naagar was born. |
| 5/27/1930 | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was arrested during Salt Movement. |
| 6/19/1747 | Nadirshaha passed away. |
| 7/25/1982 | Dr. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913-1996) retired from the post of sixth President. |
| 7/25/1982 | Humayun reconquered Delhi after defeating Sher - Shar Alias Sikandar Suri in Machiwara and Sarhind battles. It is said that he won the crown but not the empire. |
| 12/1/1964 | Jawaharlal Nehru Agriculture University established. |
| 11/19/1998 | A. B. Vajpayee approves formation of the National Security Council, a new high-power hub, to give policy directions to safeguard the country's security. |
| 4/24/1858 | Kunwar Singh, revolutionary of Indian mutiny and freedom fighter, passed away. He fought his last battle near Jagdishpur, Bihar on April 23, 1858 and defeated the Britishers but was deeply wounded. He also organised the national rebels. |
| 1/24/1999 | The Orissa police arrest 47 persons in connection with the killing of the Australian missionary. |
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