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Historical Event on 3/27/1997

South African President Nelson Mandela arrives in New Delhi on official visit.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/14/1947Congress Working Committee met at New Delhi to draft the resolution to be placed before All India Congress Committee on the acceptance of Mountbatten plan for the partition of India.
2/27/1931Chandrashekhar Azad of Hindustan Republican Army shot himself to avoid British police arrest at Alfred Park, Allahabad.
5/29/1658Dara Shukoh was utterly defeated by Aurangzeb in the battle of Samugarh near Agra.
3/13/1992K. S. Niranjan, famous Kannad author, passed away.
4/14/1990L. P. Poarbosa sworn in as CM of Goa.
5/11/1965The first of two cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 people in the country.
10/3/1999India finished with seven silver and four bronze medals in the Asian Junior Athletic Championship in Singapore.
5/15/1992Harshad Mehta suspended.
2/23/1998The Samajwadi Party candidate for the Motihari Lok Sabha seat, Mr. Devendra Nath Dubey, is shot dead at Baniarpur in Patna.
6/9/1964Lal Bahadur Shastri became the second Prime Minister of India when the country was shocked of Jawaharlal Nehru's death and Indo-China war. Shastri gave the quotation ""Jai Jawan Jai Kisan"" which motivated the war-affected Indians to boost their morale. He remained in this office till he died on January 11, 1966 at Taskent. In his cabinet, Indira Gandhi served as Minister of Information and Broadcasting.