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Historical Event on 10/27/1987

Vijay Merchant, cricketer (Test average 47.72, 1st-class avg 71), died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/1/1958Ramon Magsaysay Award for community leadership given to Acharya Bhave.
4/21/1659Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj meet Saint Samarth Ramdas Swami.
6/2/1900Sri Ram Sharma Acharya, freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, passed away.
7/24/1985Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sikh leader Sant Harchand Singh Longowal of Akali Dal signed a peace contract known as 'Punjab Accord' thus ending the four-year agitation in Punjab.
12/29/1983Gavaskar makes the highest Test Cricket score by an Indian, 236* vs West Indies.
11/11/1998India objects to Washington's discrimination in easing sanctions against New Delhi and Islamabad, clamped in the wake of the nuclear tests by the two countries.
3/29/1999A massive earthquake in the Garhwal region of Uttar Pradesh in the inner Himalayas claims 85 lives and more than 130 injured.
5/12/1949S Vijaya Laxmi Pandit, first woman foreign ambassador, was received in US.
5/2/1953Declaration by the PM that India was opposed to joining any power-block in the event of another war.
7/8/1999The bodies of 12 soldiers, who martyred in Kargil battle, were brought to New Delhi. So far 321 soldiers were killed and 476 wounded in operation Vijay.