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Historical Event on 12/27/1898
Shamrao Desmukh, former Central Minister and Agriculture expert , was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/2/1987 | Vishwanathan Anand becomes the first Asian to win the World Junior Chess championship. |
| 12/12/1992 | The world's largest monolithic granite statue of Lord Buddha, weighing 350 tonnes, placed on the 'Rock of Gibraltar' in the midst of Hussain Sagar lake in Hyderabad. |
| 1/24/1994 | Singapore PM Goh Chok Tong arrives in New Delhi on a state visit. |
| 6/2/1988 | Raj Kapoor, famous film actor, director and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, passed away. |
| 3/22/1963 | World Bank loans India $ 67 mil. to improve its railways. |
| 1/15/1999 | Mi. Pa. Somasundaram (79), writer, poet, litterateur and associate of Rajaji, died in Chennai. |
| 2/10/1897 | Sannidhanam Suryanarayana Sastry, educationist and writer, was born at Chiriwada, (A.P). |
| 7/31/1997 | Election Commission agrees to grant national party status to Bahujan Samaj Party but asks it to give up its election symbol--elephant. |
| 7/27/1947 | Princes were appealed to regard people's paramountcy as a privilege. |
| 12/4/1993 | Bahadur Prasad wins the second gold medal in 5000 m in Asian Track and Field meet in Manila. |
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