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Historical Event on 12/27/1999

PSCB's Prathima Kumari shattered the National clean and jerk mark twice in the women's 58-kg class on the second day of the senior national weightlifting championship in Kalyan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/6/1993Medha Patkar suspends anti-Narmada stir and drops her ''jal samarpan'' threat.
6/9/1980M. G. Ramachandran's second AIADMK ministry takes office.
1/25/1824Micheal Madhusudan Dutta, Bengali poet and dramatist, was born in Sagardari village of Jessore district.
9/21/1945British promise India independence.
8/29/1905Major Dhyanchand was born in a Rajput family at Prayag at Uttar Pradesh. He is remembered as a Master of Hockey. India celebrates this day as National Sports Day.
11/18/1994Bipinchandra Joshi, cheif of Army and General, passed away at the age of 54 years.
3/20/1959For the first time, officials of the Indian government confirmed reports of widespread resistance to the Chinese occupying forces in Tibet. Open warfare erupted in the capital city of Lhasa.
10/6/1974Vengalil 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.
1/14/1998The Prime Ministers of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh come together for a three-nation business summit in Dhaka.
10/10/1937Anant Bhave, famous Marathi litterateur and news announcer on Doordarshan, was born.