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28 April - India on this day12 events

1848

Utkal Gourab Madhusudan Das was born in Calcutta district in Orissa.

#birth28-April-1848
1936

Abdul Rashid 'Fida' (Kishtwari), great poet, was born.

#birth28-April-1936
1945

Ajit Manohar Pai, cricketer (one Test India v NZ 1969), was born in Bombay.

#birth28-April-1945
1943

Netaji Subash Chandra Bose aligned the Japanese-German submarine at Medagaskar.

#freedom fighter28-April-1943
1701

John Norris of Britain met Aurangjeb at Parnela in South India.

#meeting28-April-1701
1993

Troops storm police complex in Srinagar and free officials from the rebelling 2000 policemen.

#general28-April-1993
1740

Baji Rao I aka Thorle BajiRao Peshwa passed away at Raverkhedi near the banks of the Narmada river near Khargon and his son Balaji Baji Rao was placed on his father's throne as the Peshwa.

#royal event#death28-April-1740
1986

Malayalam film `Chidambaram' directed by G. Aravindan wins best feature film award and Shyam Benegal bags the Best Director award for the Hindi film 'Trikal'.

#award#cinema28-April-1986
1952

The war between Japan and India ended.

#war28-April-1952
1974

Gaganvihari Lallubhai Mehta, famous economist, politician and journalist, passed away.

#death28-April-1974
1992

Vinayak Krishna Gokak, famous Kannad poet and Gyanpeeth Awardee, passed away.

#death28-April-1992
1996

EC orders re-polling in 69 booths in four states.

#politics28-April-1996