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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 |
| 11/25/1987 | India all out for 75 vs West Indies at Delhi. Patterson took 5-24. |
| 4/9/1997 | Mumbai regains Ranji Trophy in Gwalior. |
| 5/20/1850 | Vishnushastri Chiplunkar, father of modern story writing in Marathi, was born. |
| 2/22/1997 | India, Turkmenistan and Iran sign transit agreement. |
| 5/15/1864 | Mahavirprasad Dvivedi, famous Hindi litterateur, poet, writer and editor, was born at Daulatpur village in UP. |
| 12/29/1844 | W.C. Bonerjee, first President of the Indian National Congress, was born in Kidderpore, Calcutta. |
| 5/23/1967 | South Gujrat University was established. |
| 10/15/1921 | Gul Muhammad, cricketer (Indian & Pakistani batsman), was born in Lahore. |
| 9/11/1948 | Indian Government troops enter in the Hyderabad State. |
| 9/6/1961 | D. N. Kohli was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 28-05-1966. |
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