January28

Supreme Court of India was inaugurated.

Foundation-stone of the first factory of H.M.T. wrist watches laid in Bangalore.

Dozen's of Sikh Militants arrested in India's troubled Punjab State after terrorists killed 3 people and injured 31 in grenade attack.

Jose Marti, great author and politician, was born at Cuba.

Lala Lajpat Rai 'Punjab Kesari', great valiant freedom fighter, social reformer, humanitarian and lawyer, was born in Dhudike village of Ferozepur district, Punjab.

Anandibai Prabhakar Jayawant, famous Hindi writer, was born at Baroda.

Shankarrao Dattatray Dev, veteran Congress leader, Gandhian and Sarvoday leader, was born.

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

Raja Ramanna, fourth President of Indian Atomic Energy Commission, was born.

Suman Kalyanpurkar, famous singer, was born.

Gandhiji left for Rangoon visit. Stays for a month with Gokhale at Calcutta. Returns to Rajkot and settles down to practise.

Nivedita, an Irish lady of Scottish descent, came to India.

The famous Hope diamond, once worn by Marie Antoinette, was bought tonight for over $300,000 by Ned McLean, son of John McLean. Mrs. McLean wore it as a head ornament, guarded by a former Secret Service man who in turn was guarded by two private detectives. Walnut-sized and exquisitely blue in color, the 44.5-carat stone stems from India. Its owners included Louis XIV, Louis XVI, and a London banker named Hope. A sinister history of ill luck, madness, and violent death clings to the unique gem.

India in Waldorf Hotel in London read out a four and a half page note in Cambridge.

Umanath Vachaspati, Magsesey Award winner, passed away.

All 26 accused, who stood trial in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, were sentenced to death. A designated Judge of the TADA court in Chennai found them guilty.

Erapalli Prasanna takes 8-76 to rip through New Zealand at Eden Park.

Central Zone won the Deodhar Trophy, defeating South in their final in Agartala.

Indian junior cricket team wins the Youth cricket World Cup.

British forcibly separate Kashmir from the Sikhs and sell it to the Maharaja of Jammu for 1,000,000 pounds after the Battle of Allwal.

Pulin Bihari Das, revolutionary journalist, passed away.

Sohrab Meherwanji Modi, famous drama and film producer, director and actor, passed away.

Dev Kanta Baruah, first President of former Congress, passed away at New Delhi at the age of 82.

Kashmir issue taken up in UN security council.