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Historical Event on 12/28/1977

Sumitranandan Pant, famous Hindi poet and literaeur, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/1/1931Bhairabh Ganguly, cricket test umpire for 5 tests from 1981-85, was born at Bengal.
4/4/1984Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma was the first Indian Astronaut to go in space from Baikanaur aboard Soviet Space Craft 'Soyuz 11' and revolved around the earth.
3/31/1972Meena Kumari, famous film actress, passed away.
2/10/1995PM appoints Madhavrao Scindia as Human Resource Minister, Pranab Mukherjee as External Minister, Buta Singh as Civil Supplies, Ajit Singh as Food, and P. Chidambaram as Commerce Minister.
1/31/1992The Securities and Exchange Board of India given statutory power as an autonomous body.
4/1/2000India wins four golds in the under-14 Youth chess championship in Teheran.
10/21/1989Sukhdev Singh alias Sukha and Harminder Singh alias Jinda sentenced to death for the murder of former Army Chief Gen. A. K. Vaidya.
8/16/1980Communal riots continue; death toll in Uttar Pradesh City hits 130.
3/12/1992The four-member break-away group of Telugu Desam recognised by Lok Sabha speaker.
1/22/1996Janata Dal parliamentary party leader Sharad Yadav resigns from Lok Sabha membership (Jain hawala case).