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Historical Event on 12/28/1931
The second round of a British-Indian conference on the political future of India collapsed in disagreement over demands by Indian nationalists for complete independence. The British government had seemed willing to grant a limited dominion status. But Mahatma Gandhi, who had come to the conference to present the demands of the All-India Nationalist Congress, refused to accept anything less than complete independence. The breakdown of the talks set off a new round of disorders, Gandhi was greeted by rioting in the streets of Bombay between upper-caste Hindu members of the Congress party and ""untouchable"" caste members who had turned against him.
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| 9/8/1911 | Anand Gopal Sheorey, great Hindi writer, litterateur and journalist, was born at Sausar in Madhya Pradesh. |
| 5/3/1997 | Vijay Pradhan, additional senior counsel for Srikrishna Commission probing 1992-93 riots in Mumbai, resigns. He is not allowed to cross-examine Chief Minister Manohar Joshi. |
| 5/29/1658 | Dara Shukoh was utterly defeated by Aurangzeb in the battle of Samugarh near Agra. |
| 4/3/1926 | Muslim-Hindu riots destroy temples, killing 12, wounding 100 in Calcutta. |
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| 10/13/1998 | Salman Khan, Hindi film actor who was arrested on charges of killing protected wild animals near Jodhpur, is remanded to the custody of the Forest department. |
| 1/8/1890 | Ramchandra Varma, renowned editor, was born. He also has the credit in making the Hindi Dictionary. |
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| 8/12/1602 | Abul Fazal, Akbar's minister, was killed on the instructions of Jahangir. |
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