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Historical Event on 6/27/1838
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (Chatterjee), famous novelist, ""the father of modern Indian fiction"" and writer of national song 'Vande Mataram', was borm at Katalpara near Naihati, West Bengal. Some of his writings are 'Anandmath' and 'Kapal Kundala'. He was among the first two Bengalee Graduates.
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| 5/25/1979 | Commercial Unity Day started. |
| 7/24/1837 | Kanishta, son of Samajya Laxshmi, was killed. |
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| 12/1/1999 | Supreme Court quashes a pending inquiry initiated by the Election Commission against former Union Finance Minister Manmohan Singh. |
| 12/28/1983 | Gavaskar achieves his 30th century beating Bradman's 29. |
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