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Historical Event on 1/28/1992

Umanath Vachaspati, Magsesey Award winner, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/22/19961996-97 budget presented to Parliament by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram.
4/26/1995Indian Newspaper Society (INS) calls off stir plans following Government conceding a major demand of the newspaper industry by putting newsprint on the Open General Licence (OGL) and abolish the condition requiring newspapers to buy two tonnes of indigenous newsprint in order to import one tonne.
1/5/1990Mohammad Azharuddin was made captain of Indian cricket team.
3/11/1992Dr. Anita B. Bose-Pfaff, daughter of Netaji, declines to accept the 'Bharat Ratna' conferred on her father.
8/9/1997Sonia Gandhi addresses Congress plenary session at Calcutta.
12/21/1998The Viswabharati University in Calcutta presents the 'Deshikottama' award to Nobel laureate Prof. Amartya Sen.
3/31/1871Gangadhar Balkrishna Deshpande, freedom fighter and loyal Congress leader 'Lion of Karnataka', was born.
10/22/1937Gandhiji presided over the educational conference at Wardha and outlined his scheme of education through basic crafts.
8/4/1979Indian Airlines AVRO-748 crashes in to a hill near Bombay.
8/14/1947Pakistan was partitioned from India. Gandhiji hailed the following day as one of rejoicing for deliverance from British bondage.