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Historical Event on 5/27/1957

Copyright Act was passed.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/2/1999Sahara India, sponsor of the Sahara Cup annual cricket series between India and Pakistan in Canada, withdrew sponsorship in view of the Kargil conflict.
8/21/1972A law was passed for protecting wild animals, including lions and tigers, from extinction.
1/23/1992India becomes ASEAN dialogue partner.
2/22/1996Madanlal Khurana, Delhi CM, resigns (Hawala scandal).
3/11/1997Sadhana Mukherjee, a sex-worker from Calcutta, represents India at the first international conference on prostitution beginning in Los Angeles.
11/28/1967Pandurang Mahadev Bapat ""Senapati Bapat"", revolutionary and social reformer, passed away at the age of 89. He led the famous ""Mulshi Satyagraha"" and played a significant role in the struggle for Samyukta Maharashtra and took part in Goa liberation movement.
4/15/1980Six more private sector banks nationalized.
4/12/1992The 350-tonne Buddha statue salvaged from the Hussain Sagar where it had sunk in 1990.
10/15/1999Maharashtra Governor P. C. Alexander asks both the BJP-Shiv Sena combine and the Congress(I) for proof.
7/23/1964Samrendranath Roy, great statistician, passed away.