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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
8/18/1956Sandeep Madhusudan Patil, great Indian batsman, was born in Bombay.
10/1/1991India takes over the presidency of Security Council with Ambassador G.R. Gharekhan in the chair.
8/4/1993Tarabai Bapat, daughter-in-law of revolutionary Senapati Bapat, died.
3/13/1947Lord Louis Mountbatten took charge as Viceroy of British India. He ruled upto 14th August, 1947.
5/8/1995Prem Bhatia, journalist, passed away at 83.
2/22/1913Judge Mirza Hameedullah Beg, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born in Lucknow.
4/6/1930Mahatma Gandhi picked up a lump of natural salt for breaking the 'Salt Law'. He was arrested at Dandi. This movement gathered strength and within a month about one lakh people were sent to jail. This violation of Salt Law was the second great step in India's Freedom Movement.
2/19/1993German Chancellor Helmut Kohl receives the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding from the President.
9/21/1857Bahadurshah Jafar - II surrendered against the British troops.
11/16/198966 out of 71 trapped miners at Raniganj rescued.