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Historical Event on 2/27/1912
Lawrence Durrell, Britsh writer (Alexandria Quartet, Private Country), was born in Darjeeling, India. .
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/18/2000 | The Board of Control for Cricket in India adopts a six-point code of conduct for the players. |
| 5/25/1894 | Biharilal Chakravorty, bengali poet, passed away. |
| 2/12/1882 | Satyendranath Dutt, famous Bengali poet, was born. |
| 4/15/1946 | The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members Advance Base Depot, who laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks, was erected near a village named Kangla Tongbi at Mile 8 on the Imphal - Dimapur road. It was originally erected from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone. |
| 7/3/1838 | Mama Parmanand, one of the founders of `Prarthana Samaj', was born. |
| 1/18/1985 | Spy ring cracked. Top Government officials, businessmen held. |
| 8/15/1997 | K. R. Narayanan, President, posthumously confers nation's highest peace-time gallantry award 'Ashok Chakra' to second Lieutenant Puneet Dutta. |
| 5/30/1999 | India rejects U.N. offer to send a special envoy to defuse Indo-Pak tensions. |
| 3/3/1943 | Gandhi breaks his hunger strike after 21 days. |
| 3/24/1896 | Thiripad V. T. Bhatt, author and journalist, was born. |
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