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Historical Event on 8/28/1928

Mambillikalathil Govind Kumar Menon, noted physicist and scientific advisor to the Prime Minister, was born at Mangalore in Karnataka.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/29/1974Lokdal Party established under the presidency of Chaudhary Charansingh.
9/16/1990Air India establishes a world record by evacuating more than 1.11 lakh people in eight weeks from Kuwait/Iraq during the Gulf War.
1/11/1955Production of Newsprint paper factory started for the first time in India.
7/27/1993Rao government defeats the no-confidence motion by 265-251 votes. Seven of the JD (A) vote with government as JD (A) and AIADMK decide to vote for no-confidence motion.
9/4/1993Lawyers all over the country decide to abolish addresses like 'My Lord', 'Your Lordship' and replace them with 'Sir', 'Your Honour,' etc.
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7/26/1891Rajendralal Mitra (Raja), famous Bengali ancient researcher, passed away.
4/27/1606Jahangir arrested Khusroo.
6/26/1906M.P. Sivagnanam, famous Tamil writer and social worker, was born at Madras.
8/17/1932V.S. Naipaul, great Indian writer, was born.