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Historical Event on 6/27/1997

Surendra Pratap Singh, famous Journalist and former chief editor of Nav Bharat Times Group, died ]at Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/25/1984Indian Army withdraws from the Golden Temple; repair of Akal Takht complete.
3/27/1977N. Sanjeeva Reddy elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
12/23/1995400 people, mostly children and their parents, die in a fire that broke out during the Annual Day celebrations of DAV Public School. The fire was suspected to be caused due to electric short-circuit in Mandi Dabwali, Haryana.
12/31/1738Lord Charles Cornvalis, Governor General of India (1786-1793), was born.
3/1/1916Habib Rahman, great Architect, was born at Calcutta.
3/1/1916Mian Tansen, a prominent figure of North Indian (Hindustani) classical music and famous singer of Akbar's court, died at Gwalior. Tansen is remembered for his epic Dhrupad compositions, creating several new ragas, as well as for writing two classic books on music Sri Ganesh Stotra and Sangita Sara.
3/1/1917Kartar Singh Duggal, famous author, was born at Dhamyal, Pakistan.
5/15/1992CBI begins probe into the security scam.
12/27/1901Gandhiji moves resolution on South Africa at Congress.
7/29/1979Choudhary Charan Singh was sworn in as the fifth Prime Minister of India heading the Janata (S)-Congress coalition. He held this office till January 14, 1980. Jagjivan Ram became the leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha.