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Historical Event on 9/28/1940

Pundit Sunder Lal Sharma, freedom fighter and social reformer, passed away. He was also known as ""The Chhattisgarh Gandhi"".

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/6/1787Robert founded Indian Botanic Garden near Calcutta by Kyd on 273 acres of land.
5/19/1993Government decides to merge Vayudut with Indian Airlines.
8/13/1998India signs two agreements with the World Bank for concessional credit through the International Development Association for $115.4 million.
8/9/1998India moves the World Trade Organisation against the European Union reimposing anti-dumping duties on unbleached cotton gray fabric imports.
10/23/1992The dissident ministers of Bangarappa government in Karnataka resign
1/30/1882Franklin Delano Roosevelt, great leader and social reformer, was born at Hyde Park, New York.
5/21/1984Army moves in after 114 die in religious strife at Bomay.
5/5/1930Gandhiji was arrested and imprisoned without trial. As a result there was ''hartal'' (strike)all over India. Over 100,000 people were jailed before the end of the year.
3/24/1968The second Indian-made rocket 'Menaka' successfully launched at the Thumba station.
8/2/1858British parliament passed the act to handover the administration of India to British Government from East India Company. After the occasion, the Supreme British ruler in India was called as 'Viceroy'.