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Historical Event on 6/28/1995
Madhya Pradesh in central India is designated a `tiger state' to protect the animal from poachers and settlers.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/15/1998 | Gulzari Lal Nanda, Gandhian freedom fighter and twice acting Prime Minister in 1964 and 1966, died in Ahmedabad at the age of 100 years. |
| 8/17/1761 | William Carey, the first English missionary to India, was born. He taught at the newly founded Fort William College at Calcutta from 1801 till his death and helped found the Serampore Press, which made the Bible accessible to over 300 million people. |
| 1/20/1879 | Raghunath Chaudhary, famous Assamia nature poet, was born. |
| 1/3/1912 | Shantiprasad Jain, famous industrialist, was born. |
| 6/23/1927 | All India Radio's broadcasting service started in 1927 by privately owned transmitter at Bombay and Calcutta. |
| 3/10/1997 | Maharashtra government renames Osmanabad as Dharashiva. |
| 6/7/1955 | Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian Prime Minister, visited U.S.S.R. |
| 5/9/1996 | J. Jayalalitha, Tamil Nadu CM, resigns. |
| 3/25/1989 | India's first super-computer X-MP-14 of US make was dedicated to the nation. |
| 3/2/1986 | Kashinath Ghanekar, famous stage artist, passed away. |
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