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Historical Event on 8/27/1859

Dorabji Jamshetji Tata, great industrialist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/27/1859Queen 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.
11/3/1933Amartya Kumar Sen, economist, was born at Santiniketan (Bangal).
8/1/1947Partition of India into India and Pakistan. Power transferred. Lord Mountbatten becomes Governor General of India and Muhammed Ali Jinnah, Governor General of Pakistan.
10/9/1978Asian Games begin in Bangkok.
8/6/1962Peking agrees to talks with India to settle border disputes.
1/23/1976Gautam Buddha's lost city of Kapilavastu was found in an excavation.
1/11/1858Shridhar Pathak, famous Hindi poet, was born.
7/18/1994Munis Raza, famous educationist and former Chancellor of Delhi University, passed away.
9/18/1965Communist government threatens dire consequences on discovering Indian bases on the Chinese side of the China-Sikkim frontier in China.
5/24/1999Noted wrestling coach Dronacharya awardee Guru Hanuman passed away in a road accident near Meerut.