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Historical Event on 1/28/1996
Dev Kanta Baruah, first President of former Congress, passed away at New Delhi at the age of 82.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/10/1902 | Nijalingappa Siddavanahalli, president of Indian National Congress and politician, was born at Haluvagalu (Bellary). |
| 1/26/1997 | Mizoram becomes a dry state, the fourth, after Gujarat, AP and Haryana. |
| 4/7/1997 | NAM foreign ministers two-day conference begins in New Delhi. |
| 10/10/1957 | Jagdeep', a children's film, won the first prize at the Ninth International Exhibition of Films for Children at Venice. |
| 12/1/1970 | T. Swaminathan was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 02-11-1972 |
| 9/29/1959 | Arati Saha successfully swam the English Channel. She was the first Asian lady to achieve the feat. |
| 9/29/1959 | Rana Sangram Singh, King of Mewad, fought Babur near Kanwa at Agra and lost the battle and died thereafter. He had vowed not to enter Chittogarh without a victory. |
| 5/30/1950 | Devdutta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar, great historian and archaeologist, passed away. |
| 7/10/1992 | SROSS-C placed in orbit. Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2A), first indigenously-built satellite of second-generation INSAT series launched from Kourore. This is more operational multi-purpose communication and enhanced meteorology satellite. It is still in service. |
| 6/30/1968 | Makhanlal Chaturvedi, famous journalist and litterateur, passed away. |
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