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Historical Event on 1/28/1992
Umanath Vachaspati, Magsesey Award winner, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/20/1990 | Kona Prabhakar Rao, former Governor of Maharashtra, died. |
| 12/15/1943 | The Vengeance suffered numerous defects and teething troubles, necessitating temporary withdrawal from the two IAF squadrons, but the problems were eventually mitigated if not eradicated, and No. 8 Sqn flew its first operational Vengeance sorties against Japanese targets from Double Moorings, Chittagong. |
| 1/19/1977 | World's largest crowd--12.7 million--gather for Indian religious festival 'Kumbh Mela'. |
| 8/1/1997 | Nitin Mongia wins Laser standard in sailing championship in Hyderabad. |
| 5/17/1887 | Ranglal Bandopadhyay, Bengali poet, essay-writer and journalist, passed away. |
| 11/30/1759 | Alamgir was murdered by his minister Imad-ul-Mulk. |
| 7/10/1924 | Johannes B van Heutsz, Governor General of Dutch Indies (1904-09), died at the age of 73. |
| 5/8/1910 | Tolstoy replies to Gandhiji that question of Passive Resistance is of greatest importance, not only for India but for humanity. |
| 10/20/1989 | Pakistan win Sharjah Trophy over West Indies and India. |
| 11/18/1999 | Sonia Gandhi pleads the President on Nalini's case. |
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