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Historical Event on 9/28/1993

Gas pipe below Karakas National Highway exploded claiming 58 lives.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/19/1995Prof. Armaity Desai, eminent Sociologist, appointed the new UGC Chairperson.
12/1/1997At least 61 persons, including 22 women and 17 children, belonging to SC and extremely backward communities are gunned down by banned private army of feudal landlords, Ranbir Sena, at Bathe-Lakshmanpur village in Bihar's Jehanabad district.
12/23/1954Tito, Nehru reject plan for neutral third bloc, yet insist on peaceful co-existence.
1/15/1934Nearly 20,000 lives were claimed in a tremendous earthquake measured 8.4 on the Ricther Scale, in Bihar and parts of Nepal. Munger City was completely destroyed.
4/21/1995Medium range 'Akash', surface-to-air-missile, flight trial successful.
12/12/1959Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President, came to India.
4/1/1920S. Bhattacharya, cricket Test Umpire for 2 tests from 1963-70, was born in Delhi.
11/12/1958Satyajit Ray gets the award for best direction at the San Francisco International Film Festival.
4/13/1940Najma Heptulla, Vice President of Rajya Sabha, was born.
11/25/1998Prof. K. S. Hegde (75), former Vice-Chancellor of Mysore University and educationist, dies in New Delhi. He was selected by the Government of India for overseas scholarship for post graduate studies and higher technical training abroad during the pre-independence era.