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Historical Event on 8/28/1904
First car rally between Calcutta to Barakpur held.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/13/1856 | East India Company captured Lucknow along with Avadh Kingdom. |
| 8/3/1994 | The first successful heart transplant operation was performed at the All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi, by a team of doctors led by Prof. P. Venugopal (25-2-96). |
| 11/20/1942 | Attri Devi, freedom fighter, was arrested for further six months. She was earlier arrested for personal satyagraha and to hoist the national flag in Delhi Central Jail on January 26. |
| 3/20/1965 | Venkataraghavan takes 8-72 vs New Zealand at Delhi. |
| 3/5/1918 | Shriranga Vasudev Sohoni also known as ""Ranga Sohoni"", Indian cricketer (pace bowler of late 40's avg 101), was born in Nimbora, Maharashtra. |
| 8/17/1911 | Y.R. Lokurkar, senior journalist, was born. |
| 1/10/1987 | Sikh terrorists murder Punjab prison chief in Chandigarh. |
| 9/17/1924 | Popati Ramchand Hiranandani, famous Hindi writer, was born at Hyderabad in Sind. |
| 12/13/1978 | Sayyed Avid Husain, litterateur and Padmabhushan awardee, passed away. |
| 8/8/1905 | Dhyanchand, great Hockey player, was born. |
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