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Historical Event on 12/28/1885

Allian Octavian Hume, a Scotsman, founded National Union and it held its first meeting in Bombay Tejpal Hall. The first session of Indian National Congress started under the Presidentship of Vyomesh Chandra Banerjee.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/14/1636Aurangzeb was appointed as Shahjahan by Viceroy of Deccan.
5/1/1997Abhijit Kunte wins National `A' chess championshop for men.
10/24/2000Delhi High Court admitted the appeal of former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao against the lower court judgement in the JMM MPs' bribery case.
10/1/1854Postal stamp introduced in India. These lithographed stamps were of denominations of half anna and one anna. These stamps bore the Head of Queen Victoria with India at top and value at bottom. The half anna stamp was printed between May 5 to July 29 and printing of one anna stamp commenced on July 26.
3/27/199740 more inducted in UP cabinet, raising strength to 45.
3/27/1997Guru Angad Dev, Sikh Guru, passed away.
3/29/1989Central Institute of Fisheries Education gets the distinction of becoming the first Fisheries University in India.
7/20/1998Mr. Jaswant Singh, Prime Minister's special envoy, and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott discuss nuclear non-proliferation and security-related issues in New Delhi.
12/20/2000The Government accepts the Eleventh Finance Commission recommendation to extend grants to all the States from the Incentive Fund.
7/3/199625 to 30\% hike in prices of petroleum products.