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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
| 06/28/1787 |
Sir Henry G W Smith, leader of British-Indian forces, was born. |
| 06/28/1857 |
Nana Sahib proclaimed himself as the Peshwa and called for the total extermination of the British power of India at Bithoor. |
| 06/28/1883 |
Shivprasad Gupta, social reformer, politician, leader, philanthropist, freedom fighter and educationist, was born at Varanasi. |
| 06/28/1921 |
Sahityaratna P. V. Narsingh Rao, former Prime Minister of India, was born. |
| 06/28/1924 |
Jamshedji Framji Madan ( J. F. Madan ), founder of Madan & Co. and Parsi Theatrical Company, passed away on June 28 at Calcutta. |
| 06/28/1928 |
Baburao Sadvelkar, famous painter, was born. |
| 06/28/1972 |
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis died. He was the first founder of Indian statistical Institute to receive world recognition. In 1958, he started his national sample surveys. A Sample survey means assessing a situation by studying a part of it which would represent the whole, some of his proposals were included in the second five year paln. His original work made him elected as fellow of the Royal society in 1945. |
| 06/28/1975 |
Netherlands gives independence to Dutch Guyana, which becomes Suriname; one third of Hindus (descendants of Indian plantation workers) emigrate to Netherlands for better social and economic conditions. |
| 06/28/1975 |
As a response to anti-government demonstrations, India imposes the toughest press censorship since independence. |
| 06/28/1986 |
Accord with Mizo National Front; Lal Denga to be the chief minister of Mizoram. |
| 06/28/1986 |
Union Government sanctions maternity leave for unmarried women employees too. |
| 06/28/1991 |
K. Doraiswamy, a senior executive of the Indian Oil Corporation, was kidnapped by Kashmir ultras. |
| 06/28/1993 |
A multi-millionaire industrialist, main financier of smuggler Veerappan,and 6 Veerappan-men arrested. |
| 06/28/1995 |
Madhya Pradesh in central India is designated a `tiger state' to protect the animal from poachers and settlers. |
| 06/28/1996 |
India opens its office (based in Gaza city) in the area under the Palestinian Authority. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 03/19/1995 | Vinaychandra Maudgal, founder of Gandharva Mahavidyalay of Delhi and music expert, passed away. |
| 06/20/1574 | Akbar himself left Agra. |
| 04/05/1944 | 221 Advance Base Depots laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks and succeeded in safe evacuation of Ordnance stores to an alternate site. |
| 01/16/1992 | For the first time in a decade, India decides to import one million tonnes of wheat. |
| 12/16/1994 | Pratap Singh Rane of Congress (I) takes oath of office. |
| 02/19/1956 | Acharya Narendra Dev, the veteran freedom fighter, revolutionary, thinker and Chairman of PSP, passed away. |
| 04/14/1469 | Sikh Guru, Guru Nanak Dev, was born on Baisakhi in a Khatri family in Talwandi Rae Bhoe in Pakistan, known as Nankana Sahib. Guru Nanak's birthday has been traditionally celebrated on Katik Poornamashi. Althought the correct birth date has been established as Vaisakh 1 (April 14), it will continue to be celebrated on Katik Poornamashi until such time as it is changed to Vaisakh 1. (Most Sikhs in the present day consider themselves members of a separate religion.). |
| 07/28/1924 | Many deaths were reported and several villages were destroyed due to floods in the south. |
| 06/21/1940 | Keshavrao Baliram Hedgewar, politician and founder of Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh (RSS), passed away. |
| 11/23/1897 | Nirad Chandra Chaudhuri, writer, was born. |
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