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Historical Event on 6/28/1787

Sir Henry G W Smith, leader of British-Indian forces, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/25/1999Baba Amte, a Gandhian and noted social worker, is chosen for the Gandhi Peace Prize.
7/26/1874Rajarshi Shahu Chhatrapati, great revolutionary freedom fighter and social reformer, was born.
7/4/1912Pandit Nivrittibuwa Sarnaik, singer of 'Jaypur Gharana', was born.
12/14/1946Sanjay Gandhi, youth Congress leader, was born in New Delhi.
2/2/1977Jagjivan Ram, Cabinet member of 30 years, resigns to protest emergency rule causing minor split in Congress party.
2/1/1988The first Congress of the Indian Dental Association begins. (28-1-88).
2/1/1901Six language penel were started on the Rs. five dinomination. These notes were single sided and the back side could be used for accounting purposes. The six languages were Urdu, Bengali, Telugu, Kaithi, Kannada and Tamil. The paper used for printing was white hand made and moulded.
5/12/1923Meera Mukherjee, great artist, was born.
6/14/1998S. Vijayalakshmi wins National women's `A' chess title in Mumbai.
1/25/1971Himachal Pradesh becomes a full-fledged 18th Indian Union state.