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Historical Event on 1/27/1972
V. S. Sarvate (Tatya Saheb), great revolutionary writer, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/5/2000 | Rachita Mistry breaks P.T. Usha's long-standing record in 100m (11.39s) clocking 11.26s in the National circuit meet in Bangalore. |
| 7/29/1904 | Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata, president of Tata industrial group, was born in Paris, France. He was the first pilot of India to be conferred with the Bharat Ratna. |
| 8/3/1996 | Leander Paes wins a bronze (tennis) at Atlanta, bringing India an Olympic medal after a gap of 16 years. |
| 3/20/1937 | England beat Scotland at Murrayfield for the first time for Soccer's Calcutta Cup, International Championship and Triple Crown, UK. |
| 2/23/1962 | The Cholera Research Centre was established at Calcutta (renamed as the National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases in 1979). |
| 4/15/1996 | Shyam Benegal's film ""The Making of a Mahatma"" released in South Africa. |
| 2/2/1982 | Geet Sethi becomes the youngest Indian to win the National Billiards' crown at Madras. |
| 1/2/1757 | After the Battle of Plassey, Clive, Britisher, defeated Siraj-ud-Daulah, Mir Jafar, Nawab of Bengal and re-captured Calcutta, after it had been seized by the Nawab of Bengal who had used the ""Black Hole"" to imprison British captives. |
| 12/22/1975 | Vishnupant Purshottam Bhagwat, editor, publisher and printer of monthly magzine ""Satyakatha"", d |
| 3/14/1992 | NTR expels Upendra and six others from Telegu Desam Party. |
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