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Significance of 27th November

 

1001- *Battle of Peshawar,* was fought between the Ghaznavid army of Mahmud of Ghazni and the Hindu Shahi army of Jayapala, near Peshawar. 


1839- In Boston, Massachusetts, the *American Statistical Association* is founded.


1924- In New York City, the first *Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade* is held.


1984- Under the *Brussels Agreement* signed between the governments of the United Kingdom and Spain, the former agrees to enter into discussions with Spain over Gibraltar, including sovereignty.


2001- The *hydrogen atmosphere* is discovered on the extrasolar planet Osiris by the Hubble Space Telescope.




Famous people who had responded *birthdays* on this day:


1878- *Jatindramohan Bagchi* was a Bengali poet and editor.


1888- *Rathindranath Tagore* was a Bengali poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer, and painter of the Bengal Renaissance.


1907- *Harivansh Rai Bachchan* was an Indian poet of the Nayi Kavita literary movement of early 20th century Hindi literature.


1940- *Bruce Lee* was a Hong Kong and American martial artist and actor.


1942- *Mridula Sinha* was an Indian writer and politician who served as Governor of Goa.


1952- *Bappi Lahiri,* Indian singer, composer, politician, disco musician and record producer.


1986- *Suresh Raina* is an Indian former international cricketer. He is the first Indian batsman to hit a century in all three formats of international cricket.




Famous people who have *death anniversaries* on this day: 


2008- *Vishwanath Pratap Singh* was an Indian politician who was the 8th Prime Minister of India from 1989 to 1990.


2011- *Ustad Sultan Khan* was an Indian sarangi player and classical vocalist belonging to Sikar Gharana.

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