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Historical Event on 10/27/1998

L. P. Singh, ICS, former Governor of five north eastern states, died in New Delhi. He was 86.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/28/1859Surbhi, farmer lady of Dholi Bavli, Central India, who was arrested for helping her son Bheema Nayak in the freedom movement and was jailed in Mahamandaleshwar jail, passed away.
3/3/1700Chhatrapati Rajaram Maharaj died of lung infection due to smallpox at Sinhagad fort.
4/17/1990Gas explodes on passenger train in Kumrahar, India killing 80 people.
6/17/1887Dr. Kailas Nath Katju, freedom fighter, politician, leader and Governor of Orissa and West Bengal, was born.
4/15/1874Tryambak Sitaram Karkhanis, founder of `Maharashtra Natak Mandali', was born.
10/14/1998Prof. Amartya Sen was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics. He became the sixth Indian, by birth or citizenship, to win a Nobel.
7/13/1916Ramkrishna Bakre (Tatya), veteran journalist and music critic, was born.
4/14/1995India beats Sri Lanka to win the Asia Cricket Cup final in Sharjah.
5/22/1991Shripad Amrit Dange, veteran communist leader, passed away.
6/16/1950 Mithun Chakravorty, famous Hindi film actor, was born.