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Historical Event on 1/28/1999
Central Zone won the Deodhar Trophy, defeating South in their final in Agartala.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/10/1932 | The Indian Military Academy (IMA) was formally inaugurated by Field Marshal Sir Philip W Chetwode, Bt, GOB, KCMG, GCSI, DSO and was christened as ""The Pioneers"". The crowning event was delivered in the hall, now named after him, and in the address to the trainees, he enunciated three principles: 'the safety, honour, and welfare of your country comes first, always and everytime', which were to guide the future officers of the Indian Army . A passage from this address has come to acquire immortality and has been adopted as the credo of the Acad |
| 12/6/1971 | US bars aid to India for aggression against Pakistan. |
| 1/1/1985 | United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the year as the ""International Youth Year""(IYY) with the theme ""Participation, Development and Peace"". |
| 9/27/1989 | The second test launching of India's surface-to-surface missile, 'Prithvi', from Sri Harikota was successful. |
| 8/5/1604 | John Eliot, ""Apostle to Indians,"" Bible translator, baptized. |
| 12/17/1830 | Simon Bolivar, great dynamic leader and social reformer, died. |
| 2/17/1931 | Viceroy of India Lord Irvin accepted Mahatma Gandhi as leader of people and invited him at Vicregal Lodge (now known at Rashtrapati Bhavan). After the event, Winston Churchill, who later became Prime Minister of Britain, referred Gandhiji as ""the Half-Naked Fakir of India"". |
| 2/22/1958 | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad passed away in New Delhi, India. He was a great leader, great orator, revolutionary and fighter for national freedom. Some of his works which are the masterpieces of the Urdu language are ""Ghubari-Khatir"" and Tadhkirah"". He was Minister of Education in the first Indian Government. |
| 8/28/1904 | First car rally between Calcutta to Barakpur held. |
| 5/3/1962 | Hundreds of Muslims are killed in clashes with Hindus in West Bengal. |
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