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Historical Event on 1/28/1895

Shankarrao Dattatray Dev, veteran Congress leader, Gandhian and Sarvoday leader, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/6/1916Lord Kitchener, the premier soldier of the British Empire, passed away tragically last night as the ''Hampshire'', the cruiser on which he was traveling to Russia to boost sagging morale, struck a mine or was torpedoed off the Orkney Islands and sank, drowning all aboard. Life in London came to a standstill, while Paris and Washington were shocked by the news. In the last half-century, through tireless energy and devotion to imperial duty, Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 66, commanded in Palestine, Cyprus, Egypt, Sudan, South Africa, and India. Two years ago, he had become the War Secretary.
10/20/1960Indian mountaineers reach the peak of Nanda Ghunti for the first time in the Kumaon Hills.
8/4/1993Swami Chinmayananda, master in study of Bhagwadgita, died at the age of 76 in San Diego.
12/31/1900Krishna Narayan Ratanjankar, famous musician and writer of Tan Sangrah in three parts and Abhinav Geet Mangari, was born in Bombay.
7/31/1997V. Thangapandian (64), Tamil Nadu Commercial Taxes Minister, died at Rajapalayam in Virudhunagar district.
4/5/1848Satara kingdom came to end.
5/19/1982Elections for Assemblies held in West Bengal, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Kerala.
10/18/1925Narayandatt Tiwar, former Central minister and Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, was born.
1/2/1960Raman Lamba, cricketer (Indian opening batsman 1986-87), was born in Meerut.
12/30/1974Opening of the fifth Indian Film Festival. It was presided over by Satyajit Ray at New Delhi.