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Historical Event on 3/28/1956

Tirumalai Ananthanpillai Sekhar, great Indian cricket pace-bowler (2 Tests 1982-83 little impact), was born in Madras.

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8/19/1757The first rupee coin was minted in Calcutta by the East India Company.
11/5/1996Madhavrao Scindia rejoins Congress.
8/6/1997Army confirms social activist Sanjay Ghose's death who was abducted by ULFA.
7/24/1911Pannalal Ghosh, famous flute player, was born.
9/5/1997Mother Teresa, founder of Missionaries of Charity who was awarded with Nobel Prize (1979) and Bharat Ratna, died at the age of 87 due to heart attack late in the evening around 9:30 pm in Calcutta.
8/11/1999The last total solar eclipse of the millenium was seen in northern parts of India and France. This eclipse lasted for 2 min and 23 sec.
3/24/1992Congress (I) strength goes up by six seats in the Rajya Sabha on account of biennial polls.
4/5/1922Pandita Ramabai, social worker and philosophist, passed away.
12/3/1992Indian, UN Operations in Mozambique begins (ONUMOZ - Dec 92 to Oct 94)
6/24/1991Two LIC officers burnt to death in Kashmir.