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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
7/30/1996Delhi High Court rejects Narasimha Rao's petition seeking quashing of 09 order of chief metropolitan magistrate summoning him to appear as co-accused in the $ 100,000 Lakhubhai cheating case.
5/16/1946Gandhiji's Cabinet Mission announces Plan.
10/30/1992India and China decide to continue peace measures and open more points for border trade.
2/17/1931Viceroy of India Lord Irvin accepted Mahatma Gandhi as leader of people and invited him at Vicregal Lodge (now known at Rashtrapati Bhavan). After the event, Winston Churchill, who later became Prime Minister of Britain, referred Gandhiji as ""the Half-Naked Fakir of India"".
2/9/1992Pakistan bans JKLF march.
12/1/1994Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.
9/30/1999India successfully test-fired its multi-target surface-to-air missile 'Akash'.
10/25/1971National Science and Technology Committee established.
12/3/1970Rajendra Agriculture University established at Bihar.
12/3/1970Vasco-de-Gama was the Last Viceroy of Portuguese, who ruled India.