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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
1/4/1966ndo-Pak Summit, the peace talk between Pakistan and Indian leaders, started at Tashkent. The prominent personalities were Lal Bahadur Shastri and Gen. Ayub Khan.
5/1/1964Ravishankar University was established at Raipur in Madhya Pradesh.
1/20/1988Shiv Charan Mathur sworn in as CM of Rajasthan.
11/15/1998Naresh & Girdhari Lal Yadav win the National Enterprise sailing championship in Mumbai.
9/12/1899Vibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay, world famous Bengali novelist, was born.
9/12/1899Qutubu'd-din Aibak (1206-1210) was crowned at Lahore after the death of Muhammad of Ghuri. He was originally a slave of Turkestan. As he started his career as a slave, the dynasty founded by him in India is known as ""Slave Dynasty"". The construction of Qutabminar was started during his regime. Since he was very generous, the people called him ""Lakh Baksh"".
9/12/1899Firuz Shah Bahmani died.
10/28/1996Goa upset Karnataka to win their first Ranji Cricket Trophy game ever.
1/16/1990All Governors asked to resign.
11/22/1913Lakshmikant Jha, Governor of Jammu and Kashmir state and international famed ecomonist, was born.