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Historical Event on 10/27/1999

The Archbishop of Delhi rules out Pope John Paul II's dialogue with the VHP during his visit to India in November.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/2/1980S. S. Grewal was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 30-04-1981.
12/7/1999Nareshwar Dayal is appointed India's High Commissioner to UK.
3/17/1992Suburban rail fare increase cut; 20\% hike in first class, second class A/C sleeper and chair car reduced to 15\%.
6/8/1997Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, Assam Chief Minister, has a narrow escape as a powerful remote-controlled bomb exploded in Maligaon area of Guwahati.
11/18/1911Free primary school education is introduced.
2/20/1928Abaji Narayan Pednekar, children's story writer, was born.
9/8/1962Chinese army infiltrated in the north-east border of India exceeding the Mac-Mahon line (Tibet-India boundary). This was the first ocassion of Chinese infiltration.
4/19/1995Rajendra Kumari Bajpai appointed the Lt. Governor of Pondichery.
12/24/1988Jaynendra Kumar, famous Hindi novelist, died.
6/10/1955Prakash Padukone, internationally famous Badminton player, was born.