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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
5/17/1996Rusi Modi, cricketer (736 runs 10 post-war Tests for India), passed away.
2/22/1845Serampore of Hooghly district and Balasore cities from Dutch purchased East Indian Company.
4/11/1856Lievens Constantly, Flemish missionary in India, was born.
7/1/1991Rupee devalued by 8.5\%.
2/23/1962The Cholera Research Centre was established at Calcutta (renamed as the National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases in 1979).
7/22/1702The ""English Company of Merchants"" and the old East India Company was named the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies"". In1833, this name finally changed to East India Company.
7/13/1957Behram Navrosji Karanjia, leading merchant and director of various companies, passed away.
7/7/1910'Bharat History Research Mandal' was established.
9/4/1929N. Hanumantha Rao, cricket test umpire for 9 tests from 1978-84, was born in Karnataka.
11/9/1913Weekly 'Pratap' was published from Kanpur which was edited by Ganesh Shankar Vidyrarthi.