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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
11/2/2000Sinam Chandramani Singh (18), national bravery award winner, his brother Sinam Robin Singh and their aunt were among 10 killed in firing by eight Assam Rifles personnel at Malom near Imphal.
9/21/1962Major General I. J. Rikhye completed the task in accordance with the memorandum to UNSF, thus fulfilling the mandate of cessation of hostilities without any incident.
5/20/1992Third developmental launch of ASLV. Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-C). Launched by third developmental flight of ASLV-D3. This carried Gamma Ray astronomy and aeronomy payload.
1/16/1985Balram Jakhar elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
9/14/1971Tarashankar Bandopadhyay, famous Bengali litterateur, died.
12/21/1881Pundit Sunder Lal Sharma, freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Rajim, M.P.
9/16/1955Leopold C. M. S. Amery, British minister of Colonies (India), died at the age of 81.
6/9/1964Lal Bahadur Shastri became the second Prime Minister of India when the country was shocked of Jawaharlal Nehru's death and Indo-China war. Shastri gave the quotation ""Jai Jawan Jai Kisan"" which motivated the war-affected Indians to boost their morale. He remained in this office till he died on January 11, 1966 at Taskent. In his cabinet, Indira Gandhi served as Minister of Information and Broadcasting.
12/12/1996India and Bangladesh arrive at a settlement to share Ganga water.
5/1/1913Balraj Sahani, famous film actor, was born.