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Historical Event on 5/27/1951

Taraporewala Aquarium was inaugurated at Mumbai by President Dr. Rajendra Prasad.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/16/1960Ganesh Chintaman Karve, creator of Marathi dictionary and author, passed away.
7/1/1999K. N. Singh (70), former Union Minister and senior Congress leader, died in Lucknow.
1/27/1996'Prithvi', surface-to-surface missile, test-fired successfully.
2/16/1745Thorle Madhavrao, fourth Peshwa in Maratha kingdom, was born.
8/7/1990Union Cabinet approves setting up of Indian Broadcasting (Programme) Service.
10/24/1994Justice Ahmad Mushabber Ahmadi sworn in as Chief Justice of India.
2/18/1836Swami Ramakrishna Paramahansa(1836-86), was born early morning in Kamarpukur village in Hooghly district, West Bengal. His real name was Gadadhar Chatterji. He was God-intoxicated Bengali Shakta saint, Guru of Swami Vivekananda. He exemplified the bhakti dimension of 'Shakta Universalism'.
9/1/1947Indian Standard Time was adopted.
7/14/1856Gopal Ganesh Agarkar, great social worker, was born.
10/20/1960Indian mountaineers reach the peak of Nanda Ghunti for the first time in the Kumaon Hills.