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Historical Event on 7/28/1924
Many deaths were reported and several villages were destroyed due to floods in the south.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
11/15/1913 | Ravindranath Tagore (1861-1941), received the message that he was awarded with Noble Prize in literature for his collection of poems ""Gitanjali"" . He was the first Indian to be awarded with Nobel Prize. (13 or 15) |
10/6/1990 | Justice Ranganath Mishra sworn in as Chief Justice of Supreme Court. |
12/1/1955 | Nikita Khrushchev delivers speech condemning British colonialism. |
4/19/1995 | Gopala Ramanujam,Goa Governor, takes up additional charge of Kerala. |
10/6/1808 | Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, professor, pioneer, innovator, chief engineer and Inspector of Machinery at the Steam Factory at Bombay and one of the dignitaries, was born. |
4/14/1990 | Over 90 persons killed in an Airbus crash in Bangalore. |
8/11/1999 | The last total solar eclipse of the millenium was seen in northern parts of India and France. This eclipse lasted for 2 min and 23 sec. |
1/12/2000 | The Union Cabinet approves a proposal of the Civil Aviation Ministry to privatise the airports at Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Calcutta and a new airport in Bangalore on a 30-year lease which can be extended by 19 years. |
7/31/1907 | Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi, famous ancient researcher and mathematician, was born. |
2/19/1996 | Biennial elections to fill 39 Rajya Sabha seats in nine states. |
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