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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India

DateEvent Name
04/28/1701 John Norris of Britain met Aurangjeb at Parnela in South India.
04/28/1740 Baji Rao I aka Thorle BajiRao Peshwa passed away at Raverkhedi near the banks of the Narmada river near Khargon and his son Balaji Baji Rao was placed on his father's throne as the Peshwa.
04/28/1848 Utkal Gourab Madhusudan Das was born in Calcutta district in Orissa.
04/28/1936 Abdul Rashid 'Fida' (Kishtwari), great poet, was born.
04/28/1943 Netaji Subash Chandra Bose aligned the Japanese-German submarine at Medagaskar.
04/28/1945 Ajit Manohar Pai, cricketer (one Test India v NZ 1969), was born in Bombay.
04/28/1952 The war between Japan and India ended.
04/28/1974 Gaganvihari Lallubhai Mehta, famous economist, politician and journalist, passed away.
04/28/1986 Malayalam film `Chidambaram' directed by G. Aravindan wins best feature film award and Shyam Benegal bags the Best Director award for the Hindi film 'Trikal'.
04/28/1992 Vinayak Krishna Gokak, famous Kannad poet and Gyanpeeth Awardee, passed away.
04/28/1993 Troops storm police complex in Srinagar and free officials from the rebelling 2000 policemen.
04/28/1996 EC orders re-polling in 69 booths in four states.


 


Other Historical Dates and Events
05/01/1983V. N. Swamy, pace bowler without distinction in one Test for India, passed away.
03/20/1994Pakistan closes down its consulate in Bombay.
02/06/1995India and France decide to set up permanent Secretariat in Paris during the Indo-French Joint Business Council in Delhi.
06/21/1930Five hundred were hurt as police charged Bombay mob.
03/21/1971Gavaskar scores the first of his 34 Test tons, 116 at Georgetown.
04/02/1992Agajan Baig (Aga), famous Hindi film actor, passed away.
10/12/1952Hanif Mohammad scores twin 100s vs New Zealand.
03/10/1995ONGC's oil rig that blew out ( January 8 ) at Pasalapudi site near Amalapuram (Andhra Pradesh) put out after 62 days.
09/29/19881988 Nobel Peace Prize for U.N. Peace-Keeping Forces.
11/03/1991India's short range surface-to-air missile (SAM) 'Trishul' successfully tested.