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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
11/15/1913Ravindranath 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)
10/6/1990Justice Ranganath Mishra sworn in as Chief Justice of Supreme Court.
12/1/1955Nikita Khrushchev delivers speech condemning British colonialism.
4/19/1995Gopala Ramanujam,Goa Governor, takes up additional charge of Kerala.
10/6/1808Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, professor, pioneer, innovator, chief engineer and Inspector of Machinery at the Steam Factory at Bombay and one of the dignitaries, was born.
4/14/1990Over 90 persons killed in an Airbus crash in Bangalore.
8/11/1999The 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.
1/12/2000The 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.
7/31/1907Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi, famous ancient researcher and mathematician, was born.
2/19/1996Biennial elections to fill 39 Rajya Sabha seats in nine states.