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Historical Event on 6/27/1997

Surendra Pratap Singh, famous Journalist and former chief editor of Nav Bharat Times Group, died ]at Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/12/1990Government of India announces a 15\% cut in oil consumption, exempting LPG and kerosene.
10/3/1984India's longest distance train Himsagar Express (from Jammu Tavi to Kanya Kumari) was first flagged.
6/18/1995The latest deaths in northern India's hottest weather this century bring the death toll to 525 as temperatures hit 113¦F (45¦C) in New Delhi.
9/27/1977Sanjiva Reddy was elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha. Government revokes the external emergency promulgated on December 3, 1971.
11/13/1953Richard Nixon, the US Vice President, arrives in New Delhi.
6/18/1658Aurangzeb managed to capture the Agra Fort and later arrested his father Emperor Shahjahan.
8/1/1997Nitin Mongia wins Laser standard in sailing championship in Hyderabad.
8/4/2000Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother and the last member of the British royal family to bear the title ''Empress of India'', celebrated her 100th birthday.
9/27/1833Raja Rammohan Roy, great social reformer, lawyer and politician passed away at Stapleton Grove in England.
11/28/1999Senior Awami League leader Mohammed Anwar Sheikh is killed and his wife and daughter-in-law are seriously injured in a militant attack on his house in Kashmir.