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Historical Event on 8/28/1896
Firak Gorakhpuri, Urdu poet and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/12/1995 | The 3-phase-budget session begins with the address of President Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma in the joint sitting of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. |
| 6/14/1995 | RBI announces the introduction of appointing ombudsmen to redress grievances and disputes of bank customers. |
| 8/9/1952 | New Delhi reports that 20 mil. Indian peasants were imperiled by crop failures. |
| 1/15/1965 | Food Corporation of India inaugurated in Madras. |
| 2/7/1931 | Satpal Kapur, Congress leader, was born. |
| 10/2/1982 | Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh, former Finance minister of India, died. |
| 7/16/1981 | India performs nuclear Test. |
| 5/9/1992 | Killer brew claims 175 lives in Orissa, Excise Minister Prasanna Kumar Acharya resigns. |
| 10/27/1987 | Vijay Merchant, cricketer (Test average 47.72, 1st-class avg 71), died. |
| 7/7/1998 | Nag, indigenously developed anti-tank missile, is test-fired again. |
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