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Historical Event on 3/28/1995

Haridev Joshi, former Chief Minister of Rajasthan and former Governor of Assam Meghalay, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/2/1960Dr. Shankar Purushottam Adharkar, famous Botanist in India, passed away.
1/19/1995Goa Cong (I) government led by Pratap Singh Rane gets absolute majority when 4-members of MGP merged with Congress.
8/23/1933Mahatma Gandhi was released from government detention in the Poona Civil Hospital after doctors warned that his fast was endangering his life. Gandhi, who undertook the fast eight days ago in protest over being arrested again by British authorities, weighed 90 pounds at the time of his release. There was considerable speculation over what the nationalist leader would do upon regaining his strength, but the common assumption was that he would be arrested again by the British authorities if he resumed his civil disobedience.
3/16/1995World's best 7th wkt stand of 461 runs by Bhupinder Singh Jr. & P. Dharmani.
7/7/196294 people died in an Italian DC-8 air crash near Bombay.
3/20/1782Colonel James Tod, author and researcher of Rajput history, was born.
4/25/1976India all out for 97 vs West Indies because five men absent hurt.
4/3/1956Nehru announces that troops have been sent to control Naga tribal people in the Burmese border area, who are asking for a separate state.
9/13/1997Grieving India lays to rest Mother Teresa in state funeral in Calcutta in which pomp and splendour is combined with religious rites.
11/8/1966Rameshwari Nehru, freedom fighter and social worker, died at 80 years in New Delhi. She founded ""Stree-Darpan"" Magazine in 1909 and was president of ""Indian Women Association"". She had received Lenin Peace Prize in 1961 for her humanitarian services for upliftment of the down