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Historical Event on 8/28/1904

First car rally between Calcutta to Barakpur held.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/13/1995India and France sign Bilateral Investment Protection pact.
1/23/1976Gautam Buddha's lost city of Kapilavastu was found in an excavation.
7/27/19987 Hindus are gunned down in two Doda villages of Jammu and Kashmir.
2/1/1964Unit Trust of India' established.
2/3/1929The ""Times of India Illustrated Weekly"" was renamed as ""The Illustrated Weekly of India"".
3/4/1996King of Bhutan arrives in India for a three-day state visit.
11/2/1956Express Train plunged down the Marudaiyar river embarkment killng 143 persons.
6/17/1950Syed Wazir Ali, cricketer (7 Tests for India), passed away.
6/17/1950Qutubu'd-din Aibak (1206-1210) was crowned at Lahore after the death of Muhammad of Ghuri. He was originally a slave of Turkestan. As he started his career as a slave, the dynasty founded by him in India is known as ""Slave Dynasty"". The construction of Qutabminar was started during his regime. Since he was very generous, the people called him ""Lakh Baksh"".
12/29/1965First Indian-made tank 'Vijayanta' rolled off the Avadi Heavy Vehicles factory.