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Historical Event on 8/28/1976
Second World Hindi Conference held in Mauritius.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/15/1830 | Ram Mohun Roy sailed for England. He was the first Indian Brahmin (then 'Brahmo') to go to England. |
| 9/28/1993 | Gas pipe below Karakas National Highway exploded claiming 58 lives. |
| 7/24/1985 | Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sikh leader Sant Harchand Singh Longowal of Akali Dal signed a peace contract known as 'Punjab Accord' thus ending the four-year agitation in Punjab. |
| 2/27/1993 | Samir Ranjan Barman, Tripura CM, resigns. |
| 6/5/1995 | Manmohan Singh re-elected to Rajya Sabha from Assam. |
| 4/17/1926 | Chandrashekhar, eighth Prime Minister of India, was born. |
| 11/17/1928 | Lala Lajpat Rai died in Lahore after being seriously wounded in the barbarous lathi charge of 30th October. He is referred as the ""Lion of Punjab"" or ""Punjab Kesari"" and is remembered as freedom fighter, nationalist, educationist, lawyer, thinker, writer, social reformer, orator and a passionate fighter for the revival of the ancient Indian culture and |
| 8/18/1896 | Raghupati Sahay ""Firaq Gorakhpuri"", revolutionary Urdu poet, was born. He was honoured with the highest literary awards, including the Sahitya Academy Award in 1960 and Bharatiya Gyanpeeth Award in 1969. His notable works include ""Ruh-e-Kayenaat (Spirit of Universe, 1945)"" and ""Ramz-O-Kinayaat (Suggestion, 1946)"". |
| 5/11/1985 | Booby (Doll) trap bomb kills 86 people in India. |
| 9/7/1931 | The Second Round Table conference began in London and lasted till 1st December, 1931. Congress was solely represented by Gandhi and Muslim League by Sir Allama Iqbal and Quaid-e-Azam. Two committees were set up to carry out the work of the conference on Federal Structure and Minorities. Gandhi was the member of both the committees. He claimed that being the sole representative of the Congress, he represented the whole of India. Quaid-e-Azam replied that Muslims are a separate nation. Sir Shafi demanded that the 14 points of Quaid-e-Azam be incorporated in the future constitution. |
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