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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
2/4/1991An abortive bid to hijack a Calcutta-Agartala flight by a 24-year old youth.
1/20/1817Ram Mohun Roy started Hindu College in Calcutta with the help of Justice H. East David Hare. This college was later renamed as the Presidency College.
5/29/1906Terence Hanbury White, novelist (England Have My Bones), was born in Bombay.
3/21/1997Jockey Vasant Shinde retires.
12/8/1970Army Ordnance Corps was awarded the 'Colours' by the Vice President of India, Shri G S Pathak, at AOC Centre, Secunderabad. The Ordnance colour is a scarlet silken flag with the Ordnance crest in the center and surrounding it is a wreath of Ashoka Leaves and Lotus flowers.
9/11/1991Tax concessions announced.
1/1/1986This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Peace Year"".
6/20/1911Dattatray Purushottam Karmarkar, veteran freedom fighter and former cabinet minister, died.
3/10/1897Savitri Bai Phule passed away. She played a prominent role in assisting her husband Mahatma Jyotirao Govindrao Phule in education field. She taught in schools for girls and for downtroddens and untouchables.
4/11/1964Communist Party of India was divided in two parts. Firstly known as Communist Party of India [CPI], its second fragmentation was named as Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)]. This division was on ideological differences at the international level.