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Historical Event on 3/28/1995

Haridev Joshi, former Chief Minister of Rajasthan and former Governor of Assam Meghalay, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/14/1963Maha Pandit Rahul Sanskrityayan, great Hindi writer, politician and professor, passed away at Darjeeling.
8/16/1991Indian Airliner Boeing 737 crashes in Manipur's Churachandpur district killing all 69 aboard.
9/12/1899Vibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay, world famous Bengali novelist, was born.
2/22/1946Curfew imposed till 9 p.m. by the British in Bombay as rioting and looting continued for the second day.
1/7/1928Rajindranath, cricketer (4 stumpings in his only Test for India), was born at Amritsar.
12/22/1994Sunil Gavaskar takes oath of office as the Sheriff of Bombay.
10/21/2000Seema Antil becomes the first Indian ever to win a global title by bagging a gold medal in disc throw in the World Junior Athletic championship in Santiago.
1/27/1948Gandhiji visits Mehrauli Muslim Fair.
10/28/1998The 1998 Swarna Jayanti Fellowship Award is presented to 11 young scientists.
4/2/1933Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji ""Ranji"", Maharaj, jamsaheb of Nawanagar and noted cricketer, passed away. He was referred as ""The prince of a little state, but the King of a great game"". He scored 989 Test runs with a 1st-class avg. 56.