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Historical Event on 5/27/1997

Sri Lanka claims Independence Cup, winning the second match in the best-of-three finals in Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/25/1997Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918-1999) retired from the post of 9th President.
6/26/1906M.P. Sivagnanam, famous Tamil writer and social worker, was born at Madras.
8/28/1972General Insurance Business was nationalised.
3/16/1995World's best 7th wkt stand of 461 runs by Bhupinder Singh Jr. & P. Dharmani.
8/22/1987Aircraft carrier ship of Indian Navy 'Virat' joined in fleet.
12/14/1999G.M.C. Balayogi, Lok Sabha speaker, presents a draft for over Rs. 32 lakhs to the Prime Minister for the Kargil Fund.
9/22/1988PM announces Government's decision to drop Defamation Bill.
1/9/1997John Major, British Prime Minister, addresses plenary session of the 'Partnership Summit' organised in Calcutta by the Confederation of Indian Industry.
4/15/1942George VI awards the George Cross to the people of Malta.
7/24/1997Mahasweta Devi, Bengali litterateur, is recipient of this year's Ramon Magsaysay Award for journalism, literature and creative communication arts for her writings on indigenous communities.