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Historical Event on 8/27/1998

India's cricket sensation Sachin Tendulkar has an audience with the legendary Sir Don Bradman at the latter's 90th birthday celebrations in Adelaide.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/28/1930Strike by workers of the Nizam state railways over bonus.
4/23/1968Bade Gulam Ali Khan, famous ghazal singer, passed away.
11/10/1909Gandhiji replies to Tolstoy, sends his biography by Doke.
3/12/1969Reactor Research Centre established at Kalpakkam. On 18th December 1985, it was renamed as Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research.
1/20/1957First Indian Atomic Reactor ""Apsara"" at Trombay, Mumbai, was dedicated to the nation.
5/2/1977C.V. Narasimhan became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 25/11/77).
8/18/1911Adityanath Jha, former Governor of Delhi, was born.
3/26/199914 tonnes of heavy water leaked into the second unit of the Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) at Kalpakkam during an in-service inspection.
8/13/1784East India Company was appointed as the centralised Regulatory Authority through India by Pitt's India Act, which was accepted in British Parliament in England.
9/3/1992Delhi High Court verdict on Bofors challenged in the Supreme Court.