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Historical Event on 1/28/1992

Umanath Vachaspati, Magsesey Award winner, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/21/1977Neelam Sanjiva Reddi was elected as the President of India.
6/20/1979Renedy Singh, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Manipur.
10/19/1990The Government of India under an ordinance puts forward a three-point formula for Ayodhya issue: (i) to acquire the land (ii) other land may be given for building temple except the disputed one (iii) the issue may referred to Supreme Court for speedy solution.
2/19/1992The ruling Congress party wins local elections boycotted by Sikhs in Punjab.
12/17/1929Bhagat Singh and Rajguru killed Sanders, Asst. Suprintendent of Police.
12/11/1963Kewalam Madhav Panikkar, veteran politician and famous historian, passed away.
1/8/1964Jack ""Murph the Surf"" Murphy, 27, and a companion were arrested in Miami as suspects in the theft of $410,000 rare gems from the American Museum of Natural History in October of last year. The world's largest sapphire, the Star of India, and eight of the other 22 stolen gems were returned to New York in an attorney's coat pocket, having been recovered in two water-logged suede pouches from a Miami bus terminal locker with the help of a third suspect. The three described themselves as ""beach boys."" Murphy is a sometimes an aquatic clown, but mainly they were notorious jewel thieves. Murphy was also accused of pistol-whipping actress Eva Gabor and stealing jewels worth $50,000 from her a year ago.
12/25/1880Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari, a nationalist Muslim leader, politician and journalist, was born at Yusufpur in Uttar Pradesh.
12/8/1897Balkrishna Sharma ""Navin"", famous Hindi poet, was born in Bhyana village of Shajapur district in Madhya Pradesh
5/27/1990Om Prakash Chautala, former CM, wins Mehem by-election.