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Historical Event on 5/28/1978

The kiss comes to the Hindi screen in 'Love Sublime,' and is seen as a sign of what the govt. calls greater 'creative freedom,' after Indira Gandhi's authoritarian rule at Bombay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/31/1891Buddhagaya Mahabodhi Society, an organization to encourage Buddhist studies in India and abroad, was established by a Buddhist monk Anagarika Dharmapala.
11/30/1982World premier of Sir Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi' held in New Delhi.
2/23/1997Successful test firing of the 250-km version of the Prithvi missile.
4/24/1996BSE index reaches 3869.87, a new 18-month high.
6/21/1941Chakravorty Rajgopalachari became the First Indian Governor General of India.
2/2/1986Dalai Lama meets Pope John Paul II in India.
2/7/1922Britain threatens crackdown in India to combat Gandhi's civil disobedience campaign.
7/18/1953Riots against increase in streetcar fares continue with demonstrators taking control of parts of Calcutta.
9/7/1931The Second Round Table conference began in London and lasted till 1st December, 1931. Congress was solely represented by Gandhi and Muslim League by Sir Allama Iqbal and Quaid-e-Azam. Two committees were set up to carry out the work of the conference on Federal Structure and Minorities. Gandhi was the member of both the committees. He claimed that being the sole representative of the Congress, he represented the whole of India. Quaid-e-Azam replied that Muslims are a separate nation. Sir Shafi demanded that the 14 points of Quaid-e-Azam be incorporated in the future constitution.
7/16/1959Suhridkumar Roy, famous geologist, died.