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Historical Event on 3/28/1926

Pahelam Ratanji ""Polly"" Umrigar, cricketer (Indian batsman & captain), was born in Sholapur, Maharashtra.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/11/1955Production of Newsprint paper factory started for the first time in India.
9/14/1868Swami Virjanand, Sanskrit grammar litterateur and master, passed away at the age of 90.
8/12/1988S. R. Bommai elected Karnataka CM.
3/11/1999Indian Davis Cup player and Asian Games gold medallist Gaurav Natekar announced in Mumbai his retirement from competitive tennis.
3/3/1999Four members of the forward Bhumihar community and alleged members of the Ranbir Sena are gunned down by an armed squad of the People's War Group in Bhimpura village of Jehanbad district in Bihar.
5/1/1964Ravishankar University was established at Raipur in Madhya Pradesh.
6/6/1961Central Institute of Fisheries Education, a deemed university, was established in Mumbai to impart post-graduate education and training, mainly to the in-service fisheries personnel of the country to provide trained manpower for the fisheries developmental activities.
8/23/1994Former prime minister Mian Nawaz Sharif said that Pakistan possessed a nuclear bomb and warned that an attack by India could start a nuclear war in Pakistan.
3/25/1916S. M. Pandit, famous painter, was born.
11/25/1999Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam is appointed Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India.