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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 |
| 10/21/1947 | The office of Controller of Military Accounts (Pensions), Lahore was bifurcated and the pension work relating to Indian nationals was transferred to Allahabad. |
| 12/9/1997 | Dr. K. Shivarama Karanth (95), doyen of Kannada literature and Jnanpith Award winner, died in Manipal. |
| 6/4/1903 | Gandhiji established the weekly journal ""Indian Opinion"" organised at Phoenix farm near Durban. |
| 7/10/1971 | Kochin University was established in Kerala. |
| 8/22/1988 | Gorkha National Liberation Front signs an accord with the Centre and West Bengal on formation of an elective hill Council for Darjeeling. |
| 8/22/1988 | Bahadur Tair, under their leader Mongol of Hulagu Khan, captured Lahore. |
| 4/8/1937 | R. Gundurao, former Chief Minister of Karnataka and senior leader of Indira Congress, was born. |
| 3/29/1952 | India enters into a war with Japan. |
| 7/24/1998 | India signs a deal with Russia for purchasing the aircraft-carrier. |
| 6/9/1994 | Yogi Dhirendra Bhramachari, [controversial Flying Swami], hindu saint, died in an air crash near Jammu. He was 70. |
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