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Historical Event on 7/28/1872

Albert P Sarraut, French Governor General of Indo-China (1911..19)/PM (1933/36), was born.

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2/13/1969Subroto Tara Banerjee, cricketer (Indian quickie & Dennis Lillee protegee), was born in Patna.
6/1/1992Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Academy established at Satara.
7/24/1783Simon Bolivar, great dynamic leader and social reformer, was born at Carcas.
7/24/1783Babur's eldest son Humayun ascended the throne. He was, doubtless, a man of parts.
6/27/1906Establishment of `Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad'.
11/18/1978Dhirendra Ganguly, film maker, writer, director and actor, passed away.
12/19/1857The trial on Raja Nahar Singh, who was arrested and then was prisioned at Metcalfe House, began on Saturday at 1100 hrs at Delhi.
8/14/1987A soldier in a guard of honor attacks Indian Prime Minister Gandhi with his rifle butt at Sri Lanka.
8/9/1902King Edward VII was crowned the emperor of Great Britain at Westminster Abbey after the death of his mother Queen Victoria. Earlier, he had held a grand function in which nearly 4,56,000 invitees celebrated this royal feast.
12/19/1978The Lok Sabha expels Indira Gandhi from the House and sentences her to imprisonment for a term lasting its prorogation. She was released from jail on December 26.