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Historical Event on 12/28/1921
Prince of Wales inagurated Victoria Memorial Hall at Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/30/1996 | Pop star Michael Jackson arrives in Bombay. |
| 3/12/1972 | Vote gives Indira Gandhi 70 \% of regional seats. |
| 7/29/1979 | Choudhary Charan Singh was sworn in as the fifth Prime Minister of India heading the Janata (S)-Congress coalition. He held this office till January 14, 1980. Jagjivan Ram became the leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha. |
| 4/25/1955 | Syed Mohammad Zamin Ali, great educationist, poet, editor, writer, professor and founder-member of the Hindustani Academy, passed away. |
| 1/1/1995 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Tolerance"". |
| 2/25/1938 | Farokh Manekshaw Engineer, great Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1961-75), was born in Bombay. |
| 10/30/1949 | Pramond Venkatesh Devidas Mahajan was born in Mahaboobnagar (Andhra Pradesh). |
| 5/25/1961 | Woorkeri Venkar Raman, left-hand batsman and slow-spin bowler, was born in Madras. |
| 2/15/1936 | Nabin Chandra Bardoloi, freedom fighter, passed away. He was known for his patriotism and zeal for constructive work and was a forceful and emotional orator and debater and an eminent writer in Assamese litrature. He was also a musician and composed good number of patriotic poems and songs. |
| 5/31/1994 | Pandit Samtaprasad, famous Tabla player, passed away. |
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