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Historical Event on 8/28/1733
Sekhoji (Jaysingrao) Angre, famous naval officer of Maratha navy, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/28/1956 | Chou En- lai, Chinese Prime Minister, came to India. |
| 11/18/1898 | Prabodhchandra Bagchi, researcher of ""Ancient History of India"", was born. |
| 2/16/1980 | The first visible Total Solar Eclipse of the 20th Century was seen. This succeeded the total solar eclipse after 22 June 1898. |
| 1/22/1996 | Janata Dal parliamentary party leader Sharad Yadav resigns from Lok Sabha membership (Jain hawala case). |
| 8/7/1888 | Navalram (Navalram Laxmiram Pandya), literature critic and versatile Gujarati author, died. |
| 11/8/1990 | Congress (I) extends support to Chandrasekhar to form Government, even as BJP and Left parties decline the request of President R. Venkataraman to form Government. Rajasthan BJP CM Bhairon Singh Shekhwat wins confidence motion with the help of Janata Dal rebels (116-80). |
| 8/11/2000 | Koneru Humpy was crowned the youngest British Ladies chess champion at the end of eleventh and final round in the Smith and Williamson British chess championship in Somerset. |
| 5/1/1998 | The Konkan Railway running for 760-km is dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. This was an extention from Ratnagiri. |
| 2/21/1829 | Kittur Rani Channamma, revolutionary freedom fighter and social reformer, passed away. |
| 11/27/2000 | After three decades, English was again made compulsory in Gujarat schools from Standard V from the next academic year. |
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