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Historical Event on 5/28/1964

A slow-moving funeral cortege containing the body of Jawaharlal Nehru inched through the streets of New Delhi today. A million and a half Indians lined the route to pay final respects to their beloved leader.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/31/1965Sivaramakrishan Laxman, right-hand batsman and leg break bowler, was born in Madras.
1/22/1963The National Library for the Blind, the first national institute of its kind, was set up at Dehradun.
2/7/2000Kamaluddin Ahmed, former APCC(I) president and four times Congress MP, joins the BJP.
8/1/1997Nitin Mongia wins Laser standard in sailing championship in Hyderabad.
11/29/1989Rajiv Gandhi resigned from the post of Prime Minister of India.
9/4/1980Second Commonwealth Regional Heads of Government Conference in New Delhi.
12/11/1968Indian born Har Govind Khorana receives the Nobel Price for medicine and physiology.
11/16/1835Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi was born in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. She was named Manikarnika and was called 'Manu'. (16 or19).
3/31/1913Foundation stone of 'Gateway of India' was laid by Sir George Sydneham Clerk.
5/27/1964Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister and architect of modern India, passed away at the age of 74.