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Historical Event on 5/28/1989

Kerala diocese of Marathakavalli was the first Christian priest in India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/11/1908Khudiram Bose was hanged on this day in Central Jail at Mujaffarpur, Bihar at the age of 19 years. He along with Prafulla Chaki had planned to bomb the carriage supposed to be carrying Kingsford, unfortunately he was betrayed and was caught and finally was sentenced to death and hanged. This day is observed as ""Martyr's Day"" in memory of the great freedom fighter. Even today the soul stirring songs composed in his honour are sung by Bengali folk-singers.
8/15/1965Television starts in New Delhi.
1/7/1994Malhotra Committee recommends privatisation and foreign participation of LIC and GIC.
7/5/1970Indian ship capsized in Krishna River in eastern India claiming 150 lives.
9/16/1990Air India establishes a world record by evacuating more than 1.11 lakh people in eight weeks from Kuwait/Iraq during the Gulf War.
6/30/1997Gujarat floods claimed 170 lives.
3/3/1707Shehejade Muajjam declared himself as the successor of Aurangzeb and renamed himself Bahadurshah First.
2/3/1988INS Chakra was inducted in the Indian Navy when the first Soviet SSN Victor 1 class nuclear propelled submarine and India joined the maritime nuclear powers.
2/3/1988Vasco-de-Gama was the Last Viceroy of Portuguese, who ruled India.
9/30/1916Jagan Nath Bhardwaj, social worker and trade unionist, was born at Chartgarh, H.P.