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Historical Event on 6/28/1928
Baburao Sadvelkar, famous painter, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/20/1602 | United East India Company of the Netherlands i.e. Dutch East India Company was chartered by States-General of Holland. During its 96-year history, it became one of the world's most powerful companies. |
| 12/12/1992 | The world's largest monolithic granite statue of Lord Buddha, weighing 350 tonnes, placed on the 'Rock of Gibraltar' in the midst of Hussain Sagar lake in Hyderabad. |
| 1/5/1982 | C. Ramchandra (Chitalkar), famous music director, died. |
| 8/3/1930 | Jai Prakash, educationist, was born at Jaunpur. |
| 8/21/1995 | Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, noted physics scientist, died at the age of 84. He was one of the world's leading astro-physicists for his contributions to the study of stars. Chandrasekhar had received the highest award in Science--the Noble Prize in Physics in 1983. |
| 1/23/1996 | Maharashtra govt. winds up the inquiry commission headed by Justice Srikrishna set up to probe the communal riots in Mumbai in Dec. 92-Jan. 93. |
| 1/12/1757 | Captain Eyre Coote from the Portuguese was captured in Bandel. |
| 12/11/1988 | Dr. Nagendra Singh, 74, President of the International Court of Justice, passed away in Hague. |
| 4/15/1998 | Punjab men and Railways women emerge champions in the National Volleyball League in Patna. |
| 5/13/1918 | Balasarswati, famous dancer of Bharat Natyam, was born. |
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