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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 |
4/14/1963 | Maha Pandit Rahul Sanskrityayan, great Hindi writer, politician and professor, passed away at Darjeeling. |
8/16/1991 | Indian Airliner Boeing 737 crashes in Manipur's Churachandpur district killing all 69 aboard. |
9/12/1899 | Vibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay, world famous Bengali novelist, was born. |
2/22/1946 | Curfew imposed till 9 p.m. by the British in Bombay as rioting and looting continued for the second day. |
1/7/1928 | Rajindranath, cricketer (4 stumpings in his only Test for India), was born at Amritsar. |
12/22/1994 | Sunil Gavaskar takes oath of office as the Sheriff of Bombay. |
10/21/2000 | Seema 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. |
1/27/1948 | Gandhiji visits Mehrauli Muslim Fair. |
10/28/1998 | The 1998 Swarna Jayanti Fellowship Award is presented to 11 young scientists. |
4/2/1933 | Sir 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. |
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