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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India

DateEvent Name
04/28/1701 John Norris of Britain met Aurangjeb at Parnela in South India.
04/28/1740 Baji Rao I aka Thorle BajiRao Peshwa passed away at Raverkhedi near the banks of the Narmada river near Khargon and his son Balaji Baji Rao was placed on his father's throne as the Peshwa.
04/28/1848 Utkal Gourab Madhusudan Das was born in Calcutta district in Orissa.
04/28/1936 Abdul Rashid 'Fida' (Kishtwari), great poet, was born.
04/28/1943 Netaji Subash Chandra Bose aligned the Japanese-German submarine at Medagaskar.
04/28/1945 Ajit Manohar Pai, cricketer (one Test India v NZ 1969), was born in Bombay.
04/28/1952 The war between Japan and India ended.
04/28/1974 Gaganvihari Lallubhai Mehta, famous economist, politician and journalist, passed away.
04/28/1986 Malayalam film `Chidambaram' directed by G. Aravindan wins best feature film award and Shyam Benegal bags the Best Director award for the Hindi film 'Trikal'.
04/28/1992 Vinayak Krishna Gokak, famous Kannad poet and Gyanpeeth Awardee, passed away.
04/28/1993 Troops storm police complex in Srinagar and free officials from the rebelling 2000 policemen.
04/28/1996 EC orders re-polling in 69 booths in four states.


 


Other Historical Dates and Events
09/03/1767Colonel Smith was defeated in the battle of Changama that took place between the combined forces of Nizam and Hyder Ali and the British army. This was the first war of Mysore. The British concluded a humiliating peace with Hyder Ali of Mysore.
11/13/1901War Secretary Brodrick claimed that Boers were killing natives in large numbers. He intended to withdraw troops from India to fight in S. Africa at London.
05/17/1996Four members (Sange Sherpa, Hira Ram, Tashi Ram, Nadre Sherpa) of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police expedition climb Mount Everest from the Chinese side.
07/27/1949Agreement reached on the ceasefire line in Kashmir.
08/13/1954Nehru says dispute over Portuguese colonies in India must be settled peacefully.
12/12/1976Madanlal Dhingra's ashes were brought to India.
01/14/1882Maharshi Raghunath Dhondo Karve, father of Family Planning and Sex Education, was born.
01/01/1978Samrat (Emperor) Ashoka, Air India's first Jumbo-Jet Boeing 747, after explosion falls into Arabian Sea, killing 213 people. Nobody survived.
03/23/1898Nalinibala Devi, Assamia poet, was born.
11/20/1942Attri Devi, freedom fighter, was arrested for further six months. She was earlier arrested for personal satyagraha and to hoist the national flag in Delhi Central Jail on January 26.