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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India

DateEvent Name
04/28/1701 John Norris of Britain met Aurangjeb at Parnela in South India.
04/28/1740 Baji Rao I aka Thorle BajiRao Peshwa passed away at Raverkhedi near the banks of the Narmada river near Khargon and his son Balaji Baji Rao was placed on his father's throne as the Peshwa.
04/28/1848 Utkal Gourab Madhusudan Das was born in Calcutta district in Orissa.
04/28/1936 Abdul Rashid 'Fida' (Kishtwari), great poet, was born.
04/28/1943 Netaji Subash Chandra Bose aligned the Japanese-German submarine at Medagaskar.
04/28/1945 Ajit Manohar Pai, cricketer (one Test India v NZ 1969), was born in Bombay.
04/28/1952 The war between Japan and India ended.
04/28/1974 Gaganvihari Lallubhai Mehta, famous economist, politician and journalist, passed away.
04/28/1986 Malayalam film `Chidambaram' directed by G. Aravindan wins best feature film award and Shyam Benegal bags the Best Director award for the Hindi film 'Trikal'.
04/28/1992 Vinayak Krishna Gokak, famous Kannad poet and Gyanpeeth Awardee, passed away.
04/28/1993 Troops storm police complex in Srinagar and free officials from the rebelling 2000 policemen.
04/28/1996 EC orders re-polling in 69 booths in four states.


 


Other Historical Dates and Events
07/24/2000S. Vijayalakshmi becomes the first Indian woman Grandmaster in the International Grandmasters chess tournament held in Hyderabad.
05/28/199613-day-old BJP-led minority coalition govt. headed by A.B. Vajpayee quits at the end of a two-day debate on a motion of confidence.
02/19/1992Shridhar Narayan Bendre, famous painter, passed away.
10/17/1997SEBI asks investors to adopt paperless trading through depository.
02/11/1993Naik sacks six ministers in Maharashtra.
04/22/1840James Princes, British research scientist and archeaologist, passed away.
05/02/1981Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar, the architect of modern Himachal Pradesh and an energetic Chief Minister, passed away.
04/10/1875Swami Dayanand Saraswati established the Arya Samaj at Bombay and in 1877 in Lahore.
07/15/1788Ghulam Kadir, the infamous son of Jabita Khan, conquered Delhi.
09/22/1931Gandhi meets Charlie Chaplin in London.