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Historical Event on 9/28/1991

Shankar Guha Niyogi, an active trade union leader of Madhya Pradesh, was shot dead by unknown assailants.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/15/1859S. Kasturiranga Ayengar, owner of Hindu newspaper, was born.
10/1/1887Pandit Hridaynath Ajudhianath Kunzru, politician and social worker, was born at Agra.
7/2/1757Nawab Siraj-ud-Daula was captured and assassinated. He was stabbed with a knife by Muhammad Beg at the instance of Miran, son of Mir Zafar.
1/5/1990Mohammad Azharuddin was made captain of Indian cricket team.
11/20/1888Gurunath Bewoor, director general, was born at Bewoor village, district Bijapur.
1/11/1966Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian Prime Minister (1964-66), passed away at Tashkent, U.S.S.R. at 1:32, age 61. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously.
5/10/1993Santosh Yadav becomes the first Indian woman to reach the Everest for the second time.
8/6/1925Surendra Nath Banerjee died. He was one of the founders of mordern India and proponent of autonomy within the British Commonwealth. He was President of Indian National Congress twice, in 1895 at Pune and in 1902 at Ahmedabad.
9/17/1938Dilip Purushottam Chitre, famous Marathi poet, story writer, critic and Sahitya Academy awardee, was born.
7/27/1986The Supreme Court orders all-India test for medical seats.