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Historical Event on 8/27/1997

Daljeet Singh and Debi Bose set national records in the Federation Cup athletics at Chennai in javelin throw and hurdles respectively.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/6/1999Shiv Sena activists dug up the Kotla pitch in Delhi with a view to prevent the Indo-Pakistan first Test which was to commence from Jan. 28.
7/1/1962Purushottamdas Tandon, great leader and editor, died at Allahabad.
3/15/1941Gorkha Rifles Battalion Group (INDBATT) unit was raised as the 4th Battalion, the 2nd King Edward VII's own Gorkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) by Lt Col O'de T Lovett at Deharadun.
12/26/1997Four MPs - Mr. Suresh Kalmadi from Pune, Mr. Anadi Charan Sahu from Cuttack, Mr. Mohan Delkar from Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Mr. Gopal Tandel from Daman & Diu- resign from Congress(I).
1/3/1952India adopted birth control program with aid of U.N. World Health Organization.
11/30/1974India, Pakistan decide to end the ten-year trade ban.
6/6/1916Lord Kitchener, the premier soldier of the British Empire, passed away tragically last night as the ''Hampshire'', the cruiser on which he was traveling to Russia to boost sagging morale, struck a mine or was torpedoed off the Orkney Islands and sank, drowning all aboard. Life in London came to a standstill, while Paris and Washington were shocked by the news. In the last half-century, through tireless energy and devotion to imperial duty, Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 66, commanded in Palestine, Cyprus, Egypt, Sudan, South Africa, and India. Two years ago, he had become the War Secretary.
7/31/1658Aurangzeb appoints himself Mongol emperor.
1/19/1990Mr. Jagmohan takes over the administration in J&K as the new Governor after CM Farukh Abdulla resigns.
2/18/1998C. Subramaniam, former Maharashtra Governor, is awarded Bharat Ratna.