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Historical Event on 7/28/1989

Mufti Mohammad Sayeed was disqualified from Rajya Sabha. It was the first case of such disqualification from the House under anti-defection law.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/11/1613Emperor Jahangir in a proclamation permitted East India Company to establish factories in Surat. And the first British factory was established under Thomas Aldworth.
1/11/1613Allau'd-din Khalji declared himself as King of Delhi after assissinating Jalal'ud-din Khalji. (19 0r 20).
1/1/1914Dhirendra Nath Mukherji, social worker, was born at Bankura, West Bengal.
4/16/1963Gopal Singh Nepali, famous poet, passed away.
1/23/1993Indian Airlines B737 crashes at Aurangabad, 61 die.
10/17/1979Mother Teresa, social worker, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
4/25/2000The Supreme Court clears the decks for continuing the trial against AIADMK leader Jayalalitha in the controversial ''TANSI land deal case'' by ''erasing'' the Madras High Court judgment discharging her from the case.
2/18/1999Ramakrishna Hedge, Commerce Minister, launched the India Brand Equity Fund (IBEF).
1/31/2000All seven accused in the Jain hawala case discharged.
2/17/1931Viceroy of India Lord Irvin accepted Mahatma Gandhi as leader of people and invited him at Vicregal Lodge (now known at Rashtrapati Bhavan). After the event, Winston Churchill, who later became Prime Minister of Britain, referred Gandhiji as ""the Half-Naked Fakir of India"".