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Historical Event on 5/28/1963

Estimated 22,000 die in another cyclone in Bay of Bengal (India).

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/24/1924Mohammed Rafi, famous playback singer, was born.
8/1/1993Jananayak Debeswar Sarmah, great freedom fighter, architect and nationalist, died at Jorhat, Assam.
12/16/2000Indian Airlines wins the 60th National Hockey championship in Jammu.
2/25/1998Tendulkar's first first-class 204* for Mumbai vs Australia.
7/27/1982Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi first visited the US in almost 11 years.
5/31/1977Major Premchand and Naik Nima Dorji Sherpa, in the team on Indian Army Treckers, reached the peak of Kanchenjunga. They were amongst the first Indians to reach this peak.
10/2/1942Menka Devi, freedom fighter, was arrested by the police when she and her friends were carrying out Gandhi Jayanti procession. She was tortured with cigar butts and the administration set her house on fire.
6/24/1991Pranab Mukherjee appointed Dy. Chairman of the Planning Commission.
7/4/1999Over 500 children of Kargil migrants take out a procession to Batalik in a show of solidarity with the Indian army.
4/1/1996Kerala introduces ban on arrack. 5614 licenced arrack shops closed down.