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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
1/24/1950Dr. Rajendra Prasad was elected to become the first President of India and 'Jana Gana Mana....' was accepted as the National Anthem of the country.
3/24/1946British Cabinet Mission came to India presided by Lord Pethick Lawrence.
4/22/2000Bhaktavar Lentin (72), former Judge of the Bombay High Court, died after a prolonged illness at his residence in Mumbai.
5/11/1970A bill for setting up of ""North Eastern Council"" passed.
7/31/1964Air Marshal Aspy Merwan Engineer DFC retired from the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.
12/24/2000The Government re-instates Dr. R.S.Paroda as the Director-General of the ICAR.
4/18/1859Tatya Tope (his original name was Ramchandra Raghunath Tope) a leader of Sepoy Mutiny, was captured in April, courtmarshalled and hanged at Sivpuri for 1857 Indian Mutiny.
5/6/2000Saurav Ganguly wins the Ceat International Cricketer of the Year award 1999-2000.
11/29/1989Voters oust Gandhi and Congress party
7/14/1997India finishes third in Asian women's weightlifting.