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Historical Event on 10/28/1946
Gandhiji leaves for Calcutta. Riots break out in Bihar.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/15/1974 | Rasulatbai, veteran classical music expert, died. |
| 2/26/1858 | Diwan Maniram and Piali Barua were hanged. (Grandson of Purandara Simha, the last Ahom king of Assam). |
| 9/18/1993 | Asit Sen, famous comedy actor and character artist, died. |
| 3/16/1966 | Judge Amal Kumar Sarkar became the Chief Justice of India. He held this office till 29/06/1966. |
| 4/11/1856 | Lievens Constantly, Flemish missionary in India, was born. |
| 2/18/1993 | Phoolan Devi, the legendary Bandit Queen, was released after 11 years in jail. A heroine to many low-caste Indians, she was born into the Mallah caste of fishermen, close to the bottom of India's rigid social scale, and became a bandit after she was gang-raped. She led her rural band in robbing and killing upper-caste Thakurs in revenge for the murder of her lover and acquired a Robin Hood image. The Rebel of the Ravines siad, ""I shall work for the upliftment of the women and downtrodden"". |
| 3/12/1988 | Samresh Basu, famous Bengali writer, passed away. |
| 11/1/1936 | Dr. Adarsh Sein Anand, justice, was born at Jammu (J & K State). He was the Chief Justice of India from 10/10/1998. |
| 4/7/1935 | Shankar Abaji Bhise, famous Indian scientist, died. |
| 1/22/1945 | The Indian 7th Division captures Tilin at Burma. |
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