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Historical Event on 7/28/1946

Sister Alphonsa, good teacher and social worker, died at Bharananganam.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/19/1949Raja of Tehri Garhwal announces merger with Indian Union.
4/14/1944Blast in ammunition loaded on 1,318 tonned freighter 'S. S. Fort Stikine' which was anchored in Victoria Dock at Bombay. The explosion killed 1376 people, wrecking 27 ships and destroying 40,000 tons of food.
1/30/1971Indian Airline's Fokker Friendship aircraft in India was hijacked to Lahore.
3/21/1997Seven Kashmiri Pandits gunned down by militants in Sangrampura.
2/20/1999India and Pakistan signed a formal agreement for launching the Delhi-Lahore bus service.
1/17/1917Dr. Maruthur Gopala Ramachandran, (M.G.R.), Indian film star, politician and charismatic Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, was born at Kandy, Sri Lanka. He was also the founder of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhaga (AIADMK).
4/22/1983Smt. Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, visited ICMR Headquarters and held discussions with senior scientists of ICMR. ICMR revived research on indigenous drugs/traditional medicine with a new, disease-oriented approach and a Scientific Advisory Group on Traditional Medicine Research was constituted in 1983 but actual studies (Multicentric Clinical Trials, Centres for Advanced Research, Central Biostatistical Monitoring Unit etc.) were started in 1984-85.
3/1/1992Anant Gundopant Tendulkar, great journalist, passed away.
1/15/1988Kiran More stumps five West Indian batsman at Chidambaram Stadium in Madras thus creating a world Test record.
7/19/1763Mir Kasim was defeated in 'Katwa' battle by Britishers.