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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 |
| 7/25/1997 | Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918-1999) retired from the post of 9th President. |
| 3/1/1960 | National Aeronautical Research Laboratory moves to Bangalore with offices at Palace Road and Jayamahal Road. It soon becomes National Aeronautical Laboratory. Dr Nilakantan invites Dr D M Rao to lead the 4 ft tunnel project. |
| 10/12/1860 | Sir Henry G W Smith, leader of British-Indian forces, passed away at the age of 73. |
| 10/14/1998 | Prof. Amartya Sen was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics. He became the sixth Indian, by birth or citizenship, to win a Nobel. |
| 7/10/1994 | Ramrao Raghoba Rane, Paramveer Chakra awardee, died. |
| 2/21/1672 | A French squadron under De la Haye encountered a fleet of the Dutch, who were in hostility with the French, near Cape Comorin. |
| 12/23/1969 | Armstrong and Aldrin collected Moon rock, which was kept on exhibition in New Delhi. |
| 9/24/1815 | John Sevier, Indian fighter (Gov/Rep-Tn), died at the age of 70. |
| 1/11/1921 | Vasudevacharya Kerur, famous Kannad novelist, drama writer and journalist, passed away. |
| 1/11/1921 | Guru Amardasji passed away. |
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