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Historical Event on 8/27/2000

Mika Hakkinen wins the Belgian Formula One Grand Prix in SPA-Francorchamps at Belgium.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/6/1732Warren Hastings, the first Governor-General of East India Company in India, was born in Churchill village of Oxfordshire in UK.
12/11/1971The elite para-commandos and parachute battalions -India's 'Red Devils', as they are affectionately called, have an unsurpassed ethos and elan of their own. 2 Para Battalion executed a superb airborne assault operation at Tangail in East Pakistan, which was the first of its kind in the subcontinent.
6/15/1953Internal Air Route Corporation of India was established.
7/30/1622Tulsidas, devotee of God Rama Saint, great poet and writer of Ramayana, Hanuman chalisa and many many more, died. There are difference in dates 30/7 or 23/10/1623.
10/2/1979Operation (Milk) Flood-II launched.
1/19/1997Air India triumphs in the National Women's Cricket championship in Calcutta.
7/11/1832British Parliament finally rejected to remove the appeal of Hindus puritans against Sutee abolition, as demanded by tradional orthodox Indians.
12/10/1952World's first official Family Planning programme launched in India.
9/15/1860M. Visveswarayya, maker of modern Karnataka, was born. He was a notable engineer too.
3/18/1948Socialist Party of India (SPI) disassociates itself from the Congress.