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Historical Event on 4/27/1997

CBI decides to prosecute Bihar CM Laloo Prasad Yadav, former CM Dr. Jagannath Mishra, Union Minister Chandra Deo Prasad Verma and 53 others in the Rs. 950 crore fodder scam case.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/24/1977Morarji Desai elected leader of Janata Party and sworn in as the Prime Minister of India at New Delhi. Later he formed his cabinet. He was in the office of Prime Minister till July 28, 1979. This was first non-Congress Government in India.
5/4/1854The first stamp was officially issued from Calcutta where the first modern post office was established.
12/28/1952Arun Jaitley, son of Maharaj Kishan Jaitley, was born in New Delhi.
12/20/1946Gandhiji completes his month-long sojourn at Srirampur.
2/7/1985Uday Merchant, cricketer (brother of Vijay, prolific scorer), passed away.
6/22/1996Saurav Ganguly scores 131 at Lord's on Test debut.
9/3/1997India and E.U. sign an agreement envisaging a $200 m. E.U. aid for the country's primary health care programme.
8/12/1946Viceroy announces invitation to Congress to form provisional Government.
12/15/1976Baichung Bhutia, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Gangtok, Sikkim.
7/31/1974B. S. Chawla was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 15-08-1974.