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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
| 11/28/1704 |
Jacob Mossel, Governor General (Dutch East Indies), was born. |
| 11/28/1890 |
Mahatma Jyotirao Govindrao Phule died. He led a selfless life devoted to the upliftment of the lower classes of the Hindu society. He also started school for girls and for downtroddens and untouchables. He was assissted in education field by his wide Savitri Bai. |
| 11/28/1945 |
Australia Services draw second Victory Test Cricket vs India at Calcutta. |
| 11/28/1956 |
Chou En- lai, Chinese Prime Minister, came to India. |
| 11/28/1962 |
K. C. Dey, well-known famous blind singer of Bengal, died. |
| 11/28/1967 |
Pandurang Mahadev Bapat ""Senapati Bapat"", revolutionary and social reformer, passed away at the age of 89. He led the famous ""Mulshi Satyagraha"" and played a significant role in the struggle for Samyukta Maharashtra and took part in Goa liberation movement. |
| 11/28/1990 |
President's rule imposed in Assam. Assembly kept in suspended animation. United Liberation Front of Assam and National Socialist Council of Nagaland banned. |
| 11/28/1990 |
Union Cabinet approves re-induction of Airbus A-320 in the domestic sector. |
| 11/28/1993 |
JRD Tata, 89, passed away in Geneva. |
| 11/28/1997 |
Seven-month-old United Front government, headed by Prime Minister I.K Gujral, bows out of office. |
| 11/28/1998 |
The Congress(I) wins the Assembly elections in Delhi, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. |
| 11/28/1999 |
Senior Awami League leader Mohammed Anwar Sheikh is killed and his wife and daughter-in-law are seriously injured in a militant attack on his house in Kashmir. |
| 11/28/1999 |
The Vajpayee Government seeks support on major economic issues during the winter session at Parliament. |
| 11/28/2000 |
Ram Vilas Paswan, Union Communications Minister, launches his political outfit 'Janashakti' at a rally in New Delhi. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/26/1961 | Heavy fighting flared up between India and Communist China in their three-year-old dispute over border lines in the Himalayas. Each side accused the other of initiating the fighting that began along the Tibetan border early in October. |
| 2/3/1984 | Ravindra Mhatre, great Indian diplomat who was kidnapped in England, was murdered. |
| 5/8/1962 | Ravindra Bharti University established in West Bengal. |
| 2/28/1951 | Karsan Devji Ghavri, cricketer (Indian lefty medium pacer early 80s), was born in Rajkot. |
| 5/2/1996 | Controversial godman Chandraswami arrested and sent to high security Tihar jail on a day's judicial custody by a Delhi court for allegedly cheating NRI businessman Lakhubhai Pathak of $1 lakh in 1983. |
| 10/18/1879 | Branch of 'Theosophical Panth' established in India. |
| 10/3/1890 | Laxminarayan Sahu, litterateur, journalist and social reformer, was born. |
| 1/26/1981 | Sandeep Patil scores memorable 174 vs Australia at Adelaide Oval. |
| 2/1/1855 | East India Railways were held for formal inauguration; Howrah station was opened. |
| 4/1/1963 | D.P. Kohli held office as the founder director of Central Bureau of Investigation (C.B.I.) from 1st April, 1963 (to 31st May, 1968). Earlier, he was Inspector-General of Police of the Special Police Establishment. |
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