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Historical Event on 12/27/1797
Mirza Ghalib, great urdu poet and writer, was born at Agra.
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| 10/6/1974 | Vengalil Krishnan Krishna Menon, great freedom fighter, barrister, leader, politician, nationalist and member of the Lok Sabha, passed away. He resigned as the defence minister soon after the Chinese aggression. |
| 10/16/1994 | IRS P-2 successfully placed in orbit. |
| 3/25/1990 | Lakshadweep Council elections. |
| 11/30/1920 | N. B. Kamat, filmmaker and distributor, was born. |
| 12/6/1857 | Raja Nahar Singh arrested by the Showers to kept him first in Motia Mahal and then at Metcalfe House, Delhi. |
| 2/19/1812 | Congregational missionaries Adoniram Judson, 23, and his wife Ann, 22, first sailed from New England to Calcutta. (Judson eventually concentrated his labors in Burma). |
| 1/6/1987 | An International Conference to commemorate the 75 anniversary of the African National Congress opens in New Delhi. |
| 7/12/1994 | India expels Pak diplomat; Indian attache tortured in Islamabad. |
| 11/10/1698 | East India Company purchased Calcutta, which had not more than a village at that time. |
| 7/27/1959 | Abbas Ali Baig scores 112 for India v England on debut. |
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