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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
1/18/1942Gandhiji restarts 'Harijan' and allied weeklies.
1/3/1931Yashwant Dinkar Phadke, great critic of literature, was born.
1/9/1904Pratab Singh Chaudhari, social worker, was born at Multan, Punjab .
2/16/1923Vishnu Moreshwar Mahajani, famous author, poet and playwright, passed away.
3/13/1989The first straw fired thermal power plant was laid in Jakhari village of Punjab.
12/7/1999Nareshwar Dayal is appointed India's High Commissioner to UK.
6/30/1981President's rule imposed in Assam.
12/23/1998Jayaprakash Narayan posthumously awarded Bharat Ratna, the country's biggest honour.
4/1/1973India starts a drive to save tigers from extinction.
2/8/1985P. K. Kaul was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 22-08-1986.