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Historical Event on 7/28/1921

Congress decided to boycott the visit of Prince of Wales in India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/19/1978Pankaj Mallik, famous Bengali music director and playback singer, passed away. He was the singer of the famous Hindi song ""Piya Milan Ko Jaana"".
3/29/1954Indian Institute of Public Administration inaugurated.
10/23/1997Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka set deadline upto 31st October for sandalwood smuggler Veerappan to surrender.
9/29/1992Andhra CM Janardhana Reddy resigned.
10/29/1929Vyankat Chalaiyya Manipalli Narayan Chalaiyya, Chief Justice of Supreme Court, was born.
5/6/1971India refutes allegations that it has meddled in Pakistan's civil war.
1/14/1994Marathwada University renamed as Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University.
7/25/1813First boat race started at Calcutta on the Hooghly river where seven sailing boats had competed.
9/10/1872Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji ""Ranji"", Maharaj Jamsaheb of Nawanagar and noted cricketer, was born in village Sarodar near Jamnagar, Kathiawad. He was referred as ""The prince of a little state, but the king of a great game"". He also played for Sussex.
5/1/1998The Konkan Railway running for 760-km is dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. This was an extention from Ratnagiri.