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Historical Event on 5/27/1991

Justice J.S. Verma of the Supreme Court appointed to probe into Rajiv Gandhi murder case.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/7/1958Acharya Kripalani elected leader of a new opposition group in the Lok Sabha.
3/21/1971Gavaskar scores the first of his 34 Test tons, 116 at Georgetown.
4/14/1979Sanjiva Reddy,President, flagged off the first electric train in Madras.
1/25/1983Telugu Desam swept to power in Andhra Pradesh.
7/25/1987Ramaswamy Venkataraman became the eighth President of India. He held this office till July 25, 1992.
12/17/1914Syed Mushtaq Ali Takub Khan, cricketer, prolific Indian batsman of 30's & 40's, was born in Indore.
2/19/1978Pankaj Mallik, famous Bengali music director and playback singer, passed away. He was the singer of the famous Hindi song ""Piya Milan Ko Jaana"".
8/7/1947BEST services were started by Mumbai Mahanagarpalika.
6/21/1906Vyomeshchandra Banerjee, first president of All India Congress, passed away.
8/4/1845Pherozeshah Mehta, who published the first Hindi newspaper and one of the founders of Indian National Congress, was born in Bombay.