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Historical Event on 8/27/1870

Sharmajivi Sangha was established in Calcutta by Sashipada Banerji.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/6/1997Sumita Ghosh (CISF) sets a National junior women's record in the standard rifle 3 position in National shooting.
11/3/1961Gold Bond scheme was started to boost Indian economy after Indo-China war.
1/30/1959Uranium Metal Project started producing Uranium at Trombay, Mumbai.
12/11/1971The elite para-commandos and parachute battalions -India's 'Red Devils', as they are affectionately called, have an unsurpassed ethos and elan of their own. 2 Para Battalion executed a superb airborne assault operation at Tangail in East Pakistan, which was the first of its kind in the subcontinent.
4/11/1999Paes-Bhupathi won the doubles in the in the ATP-Gold Flake Open in Chennai.
5/12/1955The PM laid the foundation stone for the National Museum.
8/9/1999India's Manisha Malhotra won the $10,000 ITF women's circuit tournament at Harrisonburg, Virginia for her maiden tour title.
3/5/1999Geet Sethi won the 1999 World matchplay billiards championship in Midsomer Norton.
4/17/1917V.Sp. Manickam, famous Hndi writer, was born at Melasivapuri (Pudukkottai).
1/16/1941Ashok Vajpai, veteran critic and Hindi poet, was born.