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Historical Event on 8/27/2000

Mika Hakkinen wins the Belgian Formula One Grand Prix in SPA-Francorchamps at Belgium.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/9/1942Dr. Dwarkanath Kotnis, doctor of international fame, died at Kokun village, China.
10/10/1998Justice Dr. Adarsh Sein Anand was appointed as the Chief Justice of India.
10/3/1994Bhushan Tiwari, famous Hindi film actor of yesteryears, died.
8/26/1996Supreme Court asks Harshad Mehta to pay Rs. 217 crore to the Income Tax department.
8/26/1996Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Count of Vidigueira, met the Jamerin of Calicut after arriving in India three days ago at Malabar Coast. He was joined by an experienced Gujarati pilot at Malindi. He was the 6th Governor and 2nd Viceroy of India.
8/20/1991Indian Oil Executive Director K. Doraiswamy released after 52 days of being in the custody of Kashmir ultras.
9/18/1972India becomes the top film producer of the world with 433 feature films made in 1971.
12/25/1919Naushad, famous film music director, was born.
8/15/1947Sir Cyril Radcliffe Award on the new boundaries of West Punjab, East Punjab, West Bengal, East Bengal and Assam.
1/14/1994The first Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Centenary Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research, instituted by ICMR in 1991-92, was announced in 1994 (Dr. G. Padamanabhan, Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, is the first recipient of this Award).