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Historical Event on 1/27/1987

P. T. Usha nominated the Asian Athlete of 1986 by the US Sports Academy (USA).

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/17/1974J.P. Narain leads an agitation for dissolution of the Bihar Assembly.
7/13/1913Tulsi Prasad Khaitan, great industrialist, was born in Chandi village, Bihar .
9/24/1997E. S. Venkataramiah (72), former Chief Justice of India, died in Bangalore.
11/18/1936V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, great freedom fighter, social reformer, politician, prolific writer and leader, died.
2/11/1968Deendayal Upadhyaya, great philosopher, litterateur, social worker, thinker and founder of Jansangh, passed away.
5/9/1992Madhu Sapre, Miss India, is crowned the second runner-up at the Miss Universe beauty pageant.
8/29/1974Lokdal Party established under the presidency of Chaudhary Charansingh.
10/22/1929Air Mail Series Stamps were issued. These stamps were of denominations of 2, 3, 4, 6, 8 and 12 annas.
5/9/1995Militants set Charar township on fire in the vicinity of the Charar-e-Sherif shrine. More than 1,000 houses burnt.
7/29/1904Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata, president of Tata industrial group, was born in Paris, France. He was the first pilot of India to be conferred with the Bharat Ratna.