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Historical Event on 3/28/1978

Nafisa Joseph, Miss India Universe (1997), was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/14/1967Kanakaiya Nayudu Colonel Cottari , cricketer (7 Tests for India in 30's), passed away at Indore.
7/13/1830Raja Ram Mohun Roy and Alexander Duff, in 1921 Scottish Church College, General Assembly s Institution was established with only five students, where teaching of the Bible took an important part.
11/9/1909The Times reports failure of Gandhi Government negotiations on Transvaal laws.
4/20/1960Pannalal Ghosh, famous flute player, passed away.
12/10/1990The communal disturbances between Hindus and Muslims in Hyderabad claim more than 100 lives, and violence spreads to Aligarh and Kanpur also.
1/24/1995Congress (I) suspends Arjun Singh from the party.
4/22/1991IMF and the World Bank decide to grant $1 billion loan to India.
6/29/2000The Election Commission derecognises seven regional parties in some states -- Samata Party in Haryana, Shiv Sena in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and the RJD in Manipur, NTR-Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh, the Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) in Chandigarh, the United Minority Front in Assam and the Haryana Vikas Party in Haryana-- These will remain registered but unrecognised parties.
6/12/1997Sitaram Kesri elected president of Congress I (6224 votes. Sharad Pawar-888; Rajesh Pilot-354).
6/8/1897Manindranath Basu, Bengali story writer and novelist, was born.