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Historical Event on 5/28/1972

Edward VIII, King of Great Britain/N Ireland/emperor (India 1936), passed away at the age of 77.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/4/2000Justice Brij Mohan Lal was sworn in chairman of the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission.
10/23/1997I.K. Gujral, PM, leaves for Edinburgh to attend Commonwealth Heads of Govt. Meeting.
12/30/1949India recognizes People's Republic of China.
2/28/1712Bahadur Shah I died at Lahore at the age of 72 in the war of succession.
5/14/1963Dr. Raghuvir, a famous linguist and President of Jansangh, passed away.
3/4/1991Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha presents mid-term budget, cut in food and fertiliser subsidy, amounting to Rs. 934 crore, proposed.
2/17/1994Former US Congressman Stephan Solarz named Ambassador of India.
9/8/2000Dr. Surinder K. Vasal, Indian maize breeder, and Dr. Evagelina Villegas, Mexican cereal chemist, jointly awarded the World Food Prize-2000 for their decades-long scientific quest to produce quality protein maize for developing countries.
11/9/1897Kotamaraju Rama Rao, founder-editor of Lucknow's ""National Herald"", was born at Chirala. He was referred by Gandhiji as 'Fighting Edit
2/17/1997Notorious criminal Charles Sobhraj released from jail after 20 years, and re-arrested soon after release under Foreigners' Regional Registration Act.