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Historical Event on 12/28/1921

Prince of Wales inagurated Victoria Memorial Hall at Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/5/1890Kishorlal Ghanshyamlal Mashruwala, great thinker and philosopher of Gandhi era, was born.
1/3/1995PM inaugurates 82nd Indian Science Congress at Jadavpur University, Calcutta.
1/20/19481. Bomb exploded near Birla House during a prayer meeting of Gandhi. 2. Three member UN Commission for investigation/mediation on Kashmir. 3. K.M. Cariappa succeeded Lieutenant General D. Rissell as the Army Commander, Delhi and East Punjab and was responsible for conducting the operation in Kashmir.
4/16/1903Kalka-Simla Railway line section was opened for public conveyance.
10/9/1931Air Force was established.
4/12/1917Mulvantrai Himatlal Mankad better known as ""Vinoo Mankad"", cricketer (India's greatest all-rounder to his time), was born at Jamnagar.
2/23/1908Maharaj Kumar Raghubir Sinh, famous Hindi writer and historian, was born.
12/28/1971Nanak Singh, famous novelist and poet, died at Preet Nagar.
10/14/1989Election Commission accepted Shiv Sena as a political party.
4/15/1948Purushottamdas Tandon was honoured with the title of 'Rajashri' at a huge rally by Devaraha Baba. He was awarded the Prestigious 'Bharat Ratna' award.