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Historical Event on 6/28/1924

Jamshedji Framji Madan ( J. F. Madan ), founder of Madan & Co. and Parsi Theatrical Company, passed away on June 28 at Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/2/1754Robert Clive again attacked and annexed Calcutta from Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah.
11/8/1988Salman Rushdie's 'The Satanic Verses' awarded 1988 Whitbread Prize.
9/4/1921British govt. sends ultimatum to rebels in India, demanding their surrender within 48 hrs, at Madras.
6/30/1823Sir Dinshaw Manokji Petit, famous industrialist, was born.
7/8/1988More than 100 people were killed and several injured as Bangalore-Trivandrum Island Express fell into Ashtamudi lake at Perumon in Quilon district of Kerala.
5/28/1925Awadh Kishore Narain, educationist, was born.
9/8/1993Andhra cabinet reshuffled by dropping four legislators and bringing in 16 new faces.
6/28/1975Netherlands gives independence to Dutch Guyana, which becomes Suriname; one third of Hindus (descendants of Indian plantation workers) emigrate to Netherlands for better social and economic conditions.
3/15/1992Dr. Rahi Masum Raza, film screenplay, story and dialogue writer, passed away at the age of 64 years.
11/30/1999Prof. M. N. Sromovas, (83), well-known Sociologist in Bangalore, died.