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Historical Event on 12/28/1688

Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb demolishes all temples (around 1,000) in Mathura. (During their reign, Muslim rulers had destroyed roughly 60,000 Hindu temples throughout India, constructing mosques on 3,000 sites).

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/22/1987Aircraft carrier ship of Indian Navy 'Virat' joined in fleet.
9/15/1947Gandhi deplores the idea of population transfer.
1/20/1988Shiv Charan Mathur sworn in as CM of Rajasthan.
11/30/1982World premier of Sir Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi' held in New Delhi.
5/2/1982Mohun Bagan retains Federation Cup (football) beating Mafatlal at Calicut.
5/14/1907Muhammad Ayub Khan, Pakistani president, was born.
12/5/1898Josh Malihabadi, famous Urdu poet, was born.
11/18/1997School bus plunges into the Yamuna killing 28 Delhi children.
11/5/1961Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru arrived in New York. This was the first ocassion when an Indian Prime Minister went to United States.
7/28/1939Tarun Ram Phookun, great lawyer, orator, eminent writer and President of the Assam Chhatra Sammelan in 1928, passed away.