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Historical Event on 9/27/1972

Shri Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, prolific author and first librarian of the University of Madras, passed away at the age of 80 at Bangalore.

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8/22/1987Aircraft carrier ship of Indian Navy 'Virat' joined in fleet.
8/1/1997Lt. Gen. Ved Prakash Malik to be next chief of Army staff. Gen. Shankar Roy Chowdhury retires on September 30.
1/1/1999This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Elderly"".
7/31/1919Hemchandra ""Hemu"" Ramchandra Adhikari, cricketer (right-handed batsman 1947-59), was born in Baroda.
3/20/1977General Election (6th) of India ends. First time Indian National Congress Party lost in India.
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3/24/1990Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) was withdrawn in toto from the northern and eastern provinces of Sri Lanka.
6/9/1991A question paper was leaked due to which the Civil Services preliminary examination was cancelled.
12/17/1933Lala Amarnath scores a century (118) in his Test Cricket debut.
10/17/1996President's rule reimposed in U.P.