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Historical Event on 4/28/1974

Gaganvihari Lallubhai Mehta, famous economist, politician and journalist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/6/1922Gopalan Morappakam Joysam, cricketer, was born at Maduranthakan, in Tamil Nadu. He received the Padmashree in 1964.
7/21/1975Hindi Post Guards was established by Government.
8/2/1970Smt. Chonira Beliappa Muthamma, India's first woman ambassador, was deputed at Hungary.
1/6/1847Saint Tyagaraja, great musician, died.
2/17/1994Gopikrishna, internationaly famed 'Kathtak' exponent, died at the age of 61 years.
5/29/1991P.V. Narasimha Rao elected President of Congress (I).
1/8/1984Sushma Mukhopadhyay, first Indian women pilot, died at the of 74.
1/8/1984Saint Narhari Sonar, a poet-saint of the Varkari smanaj and goldsmith (sonar) from Maharashtra had taken Samadhi. His transition from a staunch Shaiva to a Vithoba-worshipping Varkari, after a miracle that makes him realize that Vithoba and Shiva are one and the same.
7/23/1997India decides to sign U.N. Convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
8/17/1947The first British troop leaves for England after Indian independence.