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Historical Event on 8/28/1904
First car rally between Calcutta to Barakpur held.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/10/1946 | Noakhali Massacre. |
| 6/21/1930 | Five hundred were hurt as police charged Bombay mob. |
| 10/31/1991 | Karsevaks' hoist flags on Masjid in Ayodhya. |
| 4/30/1870 | Dadasaheb Phalke alias Dhundiraj Gobind Phalke was born at Trymbakeshwar near Nasik, Maharashtra. He is remembered as the 'Father of Indian Cinema'. He produced India's first feature Film, 'Raja Harishchandra' and founded Phalke & Co. at Bombay. He was a director, producer, writer, editor & laboratorian, portrait photographer and also a scene-painter. |
| 1/19/1932 | Balgovind Jaiswal, educationist and author, was born at Mhow. |
| 10/6/1913 | V. R. Kant, famous poet, was born. |
| 8/6/1951 | Rukmini Lakshmipathi, great social reformer and leader, died. |
| 11/3/1991 | India's short range surface-to-air missile (SAM) 'Trishul' successfully tested. |
| 12/31/1956 | Pandit Ravishankar Shukla, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, lawyer, politician and social worker, died at the age of 80. |
| 5/18/1945 | Bhagwat Subramaniam Chandrasekhar, cricketer (brilliant Indian leggie 1964-79), was born in Banglore. He received Arjun Award and Padmashree awards in 1972. |
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