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Historical Event on 7/27/1998

The Centre announces a hefty hike in the pay scales of university and college teachers.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/30/1823Sir Dinshaw Manokji Petit, famous industrialist, was born.
8/1/2000The Lok Sabha adopts Uttar Pradesh State Reorganisation Bill paving the way for the creation of Uttaranchal the 27th State.
11/2/1972ICMR set up a chain of regional centres of National Nutrition Monitoring and 500 Indians seize Washington Bureaux in different parts of India.
10/28/1964Padmabhushan Vaikunthbhai Mehta, famous Gandhian leader, passed away.
12/15/1997Magsaysay award winning litterateur Mahasweta Devi, Sitar maestro Annapurna Devi and Rabindra Sangeet exponent Suchitra Mitra honoured with 'Desikottam' by Visva Bharati University.
5/24/1992D. R. Bhagwat, veteran journalist, passed away.
1/18/1999The office of the Board of Control for Cricket in India is ransacked allegedly by Shiv Sainiks protesting agains Pakistan team's tour of India. Shiv Sena denies hand in attack.
11/9/1710Reynier de Klerk, governor-general of Dutch-Indies, baptized.
12/1/1951Abanindra Nath Tagore, famous Indian painter and sculptor, died in Calcutta.
5/9/1995Militants set Charar township on fire in the vicinity of the Charar-e-Sherif shrine. More than 1,000 houses burnt.