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Historical Event on 4/28/1992

Vinayak Krishna Gokak, famous Kannad poet and Gyanpeeth Awardee, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/16/1946Cabinet Mission negotiations were discontinued. Viceroy proposed Interim Government.
8/29/1993Tamil refugees leave Madras for Sri Lanka apparently on their own free will.
8/28/1879Battle at Ulundi, Lord Chelmsford beats king Cetshwayo's Zuluz.
3/7/1942Umesh Narayan Kulkarni, cricketer (Indian pace bowler in four Tests 1967-68), was born in Alibaug, Maharashtra.
1/24/1948Australia all out 674 vs India (Bradman 201, Hassett 198*).
5/29/1953Mount Everest conquered by Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay.
10/25/1964First indigenous tank was manufactured in Awdi factory and was named 'Vijayant'.
10/15/2000Sachin Tendulkar becomes the highest run-getter in one-day internationals (9379 runs) during his innings of 69 in the final of the ICC cricket tournament against New Zealand
2/5/1991The last of 1.2 lakh Indians in Kuwait manage to return to India.
4/17/1799Srirangapatnam was surrounded by British Army in the fourth and last Mysore war which began in 1798. Tipu Sultan' was killed in the battle on 4th May. The East India Company announced the Seringapatanam Medal (1799).