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Historical Event on 8/27/1910

Mother Teresa, [Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu], nobel Prize awardee and social worker, was born in Skopje, Macedonia in Yugoslavia.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/1/1956Life Insurance Corporation of India was established and all Life Insurance Business Companies were nationalised and merged in this corporation.
2/2/1953All India Khadi and Village Industries Board started in New Delhi.
5/11/1911Shrimati Lalitadevi, wife of second Prime Minister of India Lal Bahadur Shastri, was born.
1/20/1949Junagarh formally merged with Saurashtra.
6/29/1991A 32-member Left Front cabinet led by Jyoti Basu sworn in in West Bengal.
6/17/1973Leander Vece Paes, tennis player who singles bronze at Atlanta Olympics (1996), was born. He was also a winner of French Open in 1999, Gold Flake Open, Newport 1998, Wimbledon 1999 (doubles and mixed doubles).
2/11/1996Wills World Cup Cricket inaugurated at Calcutta.
2/22/1873Sir Muhammad Ekbal, writer of song 'Sare Jahanse Achha', was born.
5/15/1999The BJP and at least 13 of its allies rename themselves the National Democratic Alliance.
12/17/1978Dhirendranath Ganguly, father of Bengali film industry, died.