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Historical Event on 5/28/1903

Shantanu L. Kirloskar, great industrialist, was born at Sholapur (Maharashtra).

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/18/1990Pandit Narayan Chaturvedi, senior Hindi litterateur, died.
7/9/1999Ashok Mitra (82), noted writer, academician and former bureaucrat, died in Calcutta.
9/14/1992Three days of heavy rains cause flooding in northern India and Pakistan claiming 2,500 lives.
6/22/1995India and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) sign MOU enabling them to visit suspected militants and persons in detention centres only under humanitarian consideration.
6/29/1992Congress (I) nominates K. R. Narayanan for the Vice-Presidentship.
1/24/1966Dr. Homi Jahangir Bhabha, chairmain of Atomic Research Institute, passed away near Geneva when Air India Boeing 707 crashed in accident at Alps Hills, Mont Blanc in Switzerland killing all the 117 persons on board.
4/14/1990Over 90 persons killed in an Airbus crash in Bangalore.
1/12/2000T. S. Krishna Murthy is appointed Election Commissioner in place of G.V.G. Krishnamoorthy who retired.
2/12/1993Kapil Dev crosses 400 wickets and 5000 runs in test cricket.
12/22/1939When Britain declared war against the Germans it appealed for help from all political parties. Congress put up some conditions which in other words were the immediate transfer of power. The Viceroy promised to give due consideration to the suggestions of each party and that the dominion status would be given after the war. Congress in order to pressurize the Govt. boycotted all ministries and started a civil disobedience movement and eventually resigned. Jinnah declared 22nd Dec 1939 as ""Day of Deliveranc