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Historical Event on 1/28/1900

General K.M. Cariappa, first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army, was born at Sanivara, Santhai (Coorg).

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7/29/1999Bandh in Mumbai to protest against the verdict barring Bal Thackeray from voting and contesting any election till December 10, 2001.
10/23/1934Gandhi resigns as leader of the All India Congress.
3/1/1908A.E.T. Barrow, educationist, was born.
7/11/1998The Government reduces customs duty on edible oils under the Open General Licence from 20 to 10 per cent.
2/18/1823Gopal Hari Deshmukh, lokhitwadi, was born.
4/1/1987Bureau of Indian Standards was changed to Indian Standards Institution.
9/30/1999India successfully test-fired its multi-target surface-to-air missile 'Akash'.
7/12/1864Vishvanath Kashinath Rajwade, great Historian, was born.
1/29/1955'Bhartiya Kamgar Kisan Party' established.
6/3/1997Four women ministers (Renuka Choudhry, Kamala Sinha, Ratnamala Savanur & Jayanti Natarajan) join I K Gujral cabinet.