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Historical Event on 7/27/1959
Abbas Ali Baig scores 112 for India v England on debut.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/13/1795 | Ahilyabai Holkar passed away at the age of 70. |
| 8/19/1992 | K.R.Narayanan elected the ninth Vice President of India. |
| 1/26/1893 | Srijiva Nyayatirtha Bhattacharya, famous writer and educationist, was born Bhatpara, West Bengal. |
| 1/30/1903 | Lord Curzon opened the Imperial Library in in Metcalfe Hall at Calcutta. |
| 9/20/1921 | Pamanmal Hazari Punjabi, right-hand batsman (164 runs in five tests vs Pakistan in 1954-55), was born at Karachi. |
| 7/6/1837 | Ramkrishna Gopal Bhandarkar, a reputed oriental scholar and famous Indian Scientist, was born in Malvan in Ratnagiri district. He was a social reformer and an active member of Prathana Samaj of Bombay. |
| 12/17/2000 | The 13-day nationwide postal strike called off. |
| 6/23/1997 | Communication equipment worth several crores destroyed and Chennai's land and mobile telephone networks thrown out of gear in a fire at Anna Road telephone exchange. |
| 12/28/1932 | Britain says it is to release 28,000 prisoners, including Gandhi. |
| 6/16/1925 | Chittaranjan Das, great freedom fighter, revolutionary, orator, poet, journalist and lawyer, died. |
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