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Historical Event on 5/28/1978

The kiss comes to the Hindi screen in 'Love Sublime,' and is seen as a sign of what the govt. calls greater 'creative freedom,' after Indira Gandhi's authoritarian rule at Bombay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/8/1953Walchand Hirachand, great Industrialist, passed away.
1/5/1955Kumari Mamata Promileswar Banerjee was born in Calcutta (West Bengal).
1/1/1897Girja Dayal Girish, great poet and writer, was born at Saraiyan Mahipat Singh, U.P.
12/31/1995Air Chief Marshal Satish Kumar Sareen PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, Indian Air Force. He was in this office till 31/Dec/1998.
11/17/1915Vishnu Gopal Pingle was hanged for revolting against the Indian Army in Talegaon prison of Pune.
7/15/1917Tukaram Tanaji Sawant, educationist and famous Hindi writer, was born at Pokharam, (Maharashtra).
11/19/1977Cyclone hits Andhra Pradesh causing flooding and tidal waves and killing 10,000.
4/6/1992Nagpur edition of Marathi newspaper 'Loksatta' was started.
2/16/1998Delhi-Tamil Nadu Ranji Trophy super-league encounter in Chennai comes to an abrupt halt with Delhi skipper and batsman Ajay Sharma sighting boot marks short of the good length area.
2/19/1812Congregational missionaries Adoniram Judson, 23, and his wife Ann, 22, first sailed from New England to Calcutta. (Judson eventually concentrated his labors in Burma).