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Historical Event on 5/27/1997
Sri Lanka claims Independence Cup, winning the second match in the best-of-three finals in Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/24/1880 | Satyanarayan, great poet of Kannada language, was born. |
| 1/1/1994 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Family"". |
| 8/19/1993 | Y. D. Lokurkar, senior journalist, died. |
| 5/17/1996 | Rusi Modi, cricketer (736 runs 10 post-war Tests for India), passed away. |
| 5/27/1964 | Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister and architect of modern India, passed away at the age of 74. |
| 1/29/1948 | Angry refugees ask Gandhiji to retire to the Himalayas. |
| 4/3/1987 | S.H. Vatsyayan passed away. |
| 4/3/1987 | Babur Shah, Mughal Emperior, defeated Afghan Nawab Nasrat Shah, king of Bengal, on the banks of the Gand and the Ghaghra river. |
| 7/23/1856 | Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak was born on July 23rd, 1856 |
| 10/3/1903 | Swami Ramanand Tirth, politician and educationist, was born. |
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