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Historical Event on 12/28/1928

First talkie feature film 'Melody of Love' was released in India. The film was made by Universal Picture Corporation, America. It's premier was held at Elphinstone Picture Palace, Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/17/1998Nine women are buried alive as the roof of the 200-year-old Balaji temple in Varanasi's Ramghat area caves in.
10/21/1995L.K.Advani unanimously re-elected BJP president for the fourth time in New Delhi.
3/16/1928C.V. Raman announced his discovery of ''new radiation'' to an assembly of scientists at Bangalore.
8/15/1965Television starts in New Delhi.
4/14/1988Ashok Kumar, actor, recieved the Dada Saheb Phalke Award.
11/10/1901Formal inauguration of the new North-West Frontier Province created out of the Punjab.
11/5/1956Nehru breaks silence condemning Soviets for repression in Hungary.
6/3/1930George John Fernandes, social reformer and politician, was born in Mangalore (Karnataka).
10/25/1971National Science and Technology Committee established.
9/26/1999Atal Behari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, dispatched a team of experts to Karnataka and Tamil Nadu to assess the water storage position.