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Historical Event on 2/27/1912

Lawrence Durrell, Britsh writer (Alexandria Quartet, Private Country), was born in Darjeeling, India. .

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/20/1963Navjot Singh Bhagwantsingh Sidhu, cricketer (Indian opening batsman), was born in Patiala.
10/20/1963Queen Elizabeth I granted its Royal Charter to the 218 Knights and merchants of the City of London who formed the East India Company. The venture failed to achieve its stated objectives -- it made little impression on the Dutch control of the spice trade and could not establish a lasting outpost in the East Indies.
8/3/1984Bomb attack at Madras airport claims 32 lives.
4/15/1997Interest rate on domestic term deposits brought down from 10 to nine per cent by RBI.
9/30/1943Ramanand Chattopadhyay, famous author and journalist, died.
10/28/1977Shantiprasad Jain, industrialist, died.
8/9/1992Golden jubilee celebrations of the Quit India Movement begin in Bombay.
10/15/1987Times Eye Research Foundation was established in Amritsar, India.
8/20/1991Indian Oil Executive Director K. Doraiswamy released after 52 days of being in the custody of Kashmir ultras.
8/15/1947Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru becomes the first Indian Prime Minister of free India.