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Historical Event on 3/28/1914

Komagata Maru sailed from Hong Kong to Vancouver with 351 Sikhs and 21 Punjabi Muslim youths under the captaincy of Sardar Gurjeet Singh as a part of 'Ghadar' Movement.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/19/1990Madhu Dandavate,Union Finance Minister, submits Rs. 7,206 crore deficit budget with a mixed bag of new levies and concessions.
10/3/1991Ganpatrao Tapase, former Governor of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, died.
1/19/1960Ramchandra Gopal (Dadasaheb Torne), famous film director, passed away.
10/17/1997SEBI asks investors to adopt paperless trading through depository.
9/6/1905Satyacharan Chaterjee, great Indian Geologist, was born.
5/18/1901Nibaran Chandra Chakrabarti, great poet and Hindi writer, was born in Brahmangaon, (Dacca).
6/1/1997Ghulam Rasool Wani, National Conference leader, kidnapped and shot dead by militants at Kaskot in Doda district, Jammu.
2/10/1846British forces under Hugh Gough defeated Sikhs in the Battle of Sobrahan in India.
9/13/1984Swami Brahmanand died. He established Brahmanand Inter College (1938), Brahmanand Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya (1943) and Brahmanand Mahavidyalaya (1960). He joined the freedom movement and participated in Salt Satyagraha, Non Cooperation Movement and Quit India Movement.
11/16/1887Padmacharan Patnaik, famous Orria poet, was born.