Getting an error in django-admin.py - django

Question

I have installed django 1.6 using pip on Windows 7. When I try to run django-admin.py, I get this error
C:\django-admin.py startproject test007
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Python27\Scripts\django-admin.py", line 2 in ?
from django.core import management
File "C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\django\core\management\__init__.py", line 55
except ImportError as e:
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
in the \management__init__.py, the imports are
import collections
import os
import sys
from optparse import OptionParser, NO_DEFAULT
import imp
from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError, handle_default_options
from django.core.management.color import color_style
from django.utils.importlib import import_module
from django.utils import six
# For backwards compatibility: get_version() used to be in this module.
from django import get_version
Here's the relevant block from the same file
parts = app_name.split('.')
parts.append('management')
parts.reverse()
part = parts.pop()
path = None
# When using manage.py, the project module is added to the path,
# loaded, then removed from the path. This means that
# testproject.testapp.models can be loaded in future, even if
# testproject isn't in the path. When looking for the management
# module, we need look for the case where the project name is part
# of the app_name but the project directory itself isn't on the path.
try:
f, path, descr = imp.find_module(part, path)
except ImportError as e:
if os.path.basename(os.getcwd()) != part:
raise e
else:
if f:
f.close()
while parts:
part = parts.pop()
f, path, descr = imp.find_module(part, [path] if path else None)
if f:
f.close()
return path
in which the same line 55 from the traceback is in the try/except block towards the bottom. I've uninstalled and reinstalled but, to no avail.
It works when I give the/full/path/to/django-admin.py but it shouldn't be required.