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Historical Event on 5/28/1963

Estimated 22,000 die in another cyclone in Bay of Bengal (India).

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/18/1972India becomes the top film producer of the world with 433 feature films made in 1971.
11/11/1979President N. Sanjiva Reddy declares the opening of the first International Trade Fair of India.
2/13/1994Yashwant Narsingh Kelkar, senior historian and journalist in Maharashtra, passed away.
7/29/1997Rabri Devi inducts 60 ministers, including 22 of cabinet rank, thus raising strength of her Council of Ministers to 74.
9/21/1984National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources and National Institute of Animal Genetics were set up. These institutes were initially located in the campus of southern regional station of National Dairy Research Institute, Bangalore. They were then shifted to Karnal in July 1985.
12/12/1964Maithili Sharan Gupta, famous Indian poet, Hindi litterateur, writer, social worker, patriot and Padma Bhushan awardee, died.
3/14/1999Arjun Atwal won the Indian Open Golf in Calcutta.
9/29/1999Jaswant Singh, External Affairs Minister, meet his Pakistani counterpart Sartaj Aziz meet at the SAARC ministerial meeting.
6/25/1975President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed signed the declaration of Emergency Rule in India. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi implemented the same very next day.
10/11/1991BJP government in U.P. acquires the disputed Ayodhya land.