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Historical Event on 12/28/1892

Dr. Shivajirao Ganesh (Daji Patwardhan), famous social worker and Padmashri awardee, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/22/2000India retains the golf title in the SAARC championship in Dhaka.
6/1/1972Space Commission and Department of Space was set up. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) brought under Department of Space (DOS).
4/1/1920S. Bhattacharya, cricket Test Umpire for 2 tests from 1963-70, was born in Delhi.
3/21/1997Jockey Vasant Shinde retires.
9/30/1981Pakistan Commando soldiers release 66 hostages in Lahore from five Khalistan hijackers and activists of the Dal Khalsa International.
11/19/2000The Government announces a partial rollback in the price of kerosene by Re. 1 a litre and LPG by Rs. 10 a cylinder in deference to the demands by allies led by the Trinamool Congress.
1/15/1947Pritish Nandi, famous journalist, was born. Abul Kalam Azad became Minister of Education in the Government of India.
4/9/1997Mumbai regains Ranji Trophy in Gwalior.
9/28/1827A few mountain battery trains flourished and kept the Indian component alive as part of the Royal artillery. Recently, it has been established that 8 Company Bombay Artillery survived axing and is now 5 (Bombay) Mountain Battery. This day is now celebrated as the Raising Day of the Regiment of Artillery.
12/7/1999Nareshwar Dayal is appointed India's High Commissioner to UK.