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Historical Event on 1/28/1900

General K.M. Cariappa, first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army, was born at Sanivara, Santhai (Coorg).

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/6/1994The Muslim Auqaf Trust takes over charge of the Hazratbal shrine after the removal of security bunkers around it by authorities.
5/20/1900Sumitranandan Pant was born.
12/22/1871Lord Edward Allanbaro, governor general of India (1842-1844), died.
2/16/1993Dr. U.R. Ananta Murthy elected President of the Kendra Sahitya Academy.
10/14/1998Prof. Amartya Sen was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics. He became the sixth Indian, by birth or citizenship, to win a Nobel.
4/11/1999India successfully test-fires the extended range ''Agni-II'' missile, bridging a key gap in its minimum nuclear deterrent profile.
12/19/1945Gandhiji lays foundation stone of C. F. Andrews' Memorial Hospital at Santiniketan.
4/4/1990Hindi film 'Bagh Bahadur' received the best feature film award of 1989.
5/7/1834East India Company annexed Coorg. King Raja Veer Rajendra, who was a cruel ruler, after formally declaring a war had captured Durg State.
1/5/1955Kumari Mamata Promileswar Banerjee was born in Calcutta (West Bengal).