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Historical Event on 6/27/1999

India won the four-nation under-21 women's hockey title, defeating England in the final at the Kean University, New Jersey.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/17/1960Agreement reached with Pakistan on the distribution of the River Indus and its tributaries.
9/3/1916Annie Besant started 'Home Rule' movement.
3/19/1990Madhu Dandavate,Union Finance Minister, submits Rs. 7,206 crore deficit budget with a mixed bag of new levies and concessions.
11/25/1999Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam is appointed Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India.
9/22/1979Maulana Abdul Ali Moudoodi aka Syed Abul A'la Maududi Chishti, founder leader of the Jamait- E- Islam, died in USA, he had taken pakistani citizenship.
6/4/1994Army successfully test-fires the short range surface-to-surface missile, 'Prithvi'.
12/3/1999Bhopal gas victims take out rallies to mark the 15th anniversary of the tragedy.
10/2/1994Five die of pneumonic plague in Delhi. Surat toll rose to 47.
11/14/1997N. V. N. Somu, Union Minister of State for Defence and president of The Hindu Office and National Press Employees Union from 1969, died in Army Helicopter crash at Tezpur in Arunachal Pradesh.
3/12/1917Googie Withers, actress (1 of Our Aircraft is Missing), was born in Karachi, India.