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Historical Event on 12/28/1974

Pandit Hiralal Shastri, great social worker, leader and first Chief Minister of Rajasthan State, died.

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9/4/1962Kiran Shankar More, great Indian wicket-keeper in 49 Tests 1986-93, was born in Baroda.
4/27/1920Dr. Manibhai Desai, great Gandhian leader and Magssese Awardee, was born.
10/25/1999Fixed term for Lok Sabha, Assemblies is under study, said President K R Narayanan in his address to a joint session of Parliament.
8/17/1997I K Gujral, Prime Minister, said that Queen Elizabeth should not go to Amritsar, scene of Jallianwalla Bagh massacre, during her visit to India in October.
7/21/1995Sajjad Husain, famous film music director, passed away.
1/19/2000M.A. Chidambaram (81), leading industrialist and chairman of the MAC Group, died in Chennai.
8/4/1933Gandhi is imprisoned for one year for breaking a restraint order.
6/5/1998Ali Sardar Jafri, Urdu writer, is presented the Jnanpeeth award for 1997.
11/22/1997Diana Hayden, 24-year-old Mumbai-born Miss India, beat 85 contestants from around the world to be crowned new 'Miss Universe' at Mahe in Seychelles.
4/23/1938Viceroy Lord Linlithgow opens the hydro-electric scheme at Malakand.