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Historical Event on 9/28/1909

Jairaj, famous film actor, was born. His first film was 'Sparkling Youth' (1930). He was a receipant of Dada Saheb Phalke Award. Some of his films are 'Fight unto Death', 'All for love', 'Bhawani No Bhog', 'Pearl', 'Queen of Faries', 'The Enemy', 'My Hero'.

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3/10/2000Nirmal Verma, distinguished Hindi writer, and eminent Punjabi novelist Gurchal Singh selected jointly for the 35th Jnanpith Award for 1999.
7/24/1996Govt. decides to raise the ceiling on the maximum amount of retirement/death gratuity from Rs. 1 lakh to Rs. 2.50 lakhs.
9/14/1774Bentik, first Governor General of India, was born.
9/29/2000Nayudu award goes to former India cricket captain Lt. Col. Hemu Adhikari.
1/5/1934Dr. Murli Manohar Manmohan Joshi was born in Delhi.
9/29/1996Water from Krishna river (AP) released for Madras.
7/31/1912Allan Octavian, great social reformer, patriot, lawyer, journalist and politician, passed away at the age of 84.
4/3/1987S.H. Vatsyayan passed away.
1/16/1954Baburao Painter (Baburao Krishnaji Meshri), famous artist, sculptor, filmmaker and producer, died.
1/25/1989Congress-I ministry headed by S. C. Jamir assumes office in Nagaland.