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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
3/1/1993India develops Phased Array Radars critical for its ""Akash"" surface-to-air missile and launches its indigenous main battle tank 'Arjun'.
9/5/1793Mir Kasim lost To Britishers near Rajmahal in battle of Udaynala.
11/14/1967Kanakaiya Nayudu Colonel Cottari , cricketer (7 Tests for India in 30's), passed away at Indore.
7/3/1751Pilaji Jadhav died.
1/23/1975Omeo Kumar Das, one of the great patriots of Assam, passed away at the age of 81. He selflessly worked for the tea plantation workers and made efforts to get them better living standards. He translated Gandhiji's autobiography ""My Experiments with Truth"" in Assamese language.
8/3/1996Leander Paes wins a bronze (tennis) at Atlanta, bringing India an Olympic medal after a gap of 16 years.
5/25/1996Kathapurushan' wins best film national award.
2/8/1967Indira Gandhi was hit in face by a stone while addressing crowd.
7/21/1911Umashankar Jethalal Joshi, famous Gujarati poet, Hindi writer and educationist, was born at Bamna in Gujarat.
3/28/1997India and Pakistan, represented by Salman Haider and Shamshad Ahmed, Foreign Secretaries, hold official talks on issues at New Delhi.