27-August-1604

Guru Granth Sahib was established in the Golden Temple of Amritsar. 27-August-1781

Haider Ali and the Britishers fought the battle of Pallilore. 27-August-1859

Dorabji Jamshetji Tata, great industrialist, was born. 27-August-1870

Sharmajivi Sangha was established in Calcutta by Sashipada Banerji. 27-August-1910

Mother Teresa, [Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu], nobel Prize awardee and social worker, was born in Skopje, Macedonia in Yugoslavia. 27-August-1918

Nemichandra Jain, stage critic, was born. 27-August-1946

Gandhiji cables warning to British Government against repetition of "Bengal Tragedy". He also wrote to Wavell. 27-August-1952

Vigyan Mandir inaugurated at Nazafgarh Road, New Delhi. 27-August-1958

Metric system of weights and measures introduced. 27-August-1

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