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Historical Event on 1/28/1895
Shankarrao Dattatray Dev, veteran Congress leader, Gandhian and Sarvoday leader, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/25/2000 | The Government agrees to the bifurcation of the Telecom Ministry. |
| 5/17/1957 | Nehru, who went to Ceylon to celebrate the 2,500th anniversary of the founding of Buddhism, calls for an end to nuclear tests. |
| 9/17/1960 | Agreement reached with Pakistan on the distribution of the River Indus and its tributaries. |
| 1/16/1919 | Nasikrao Khantadu Tirpude, former Duputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, was born. |
| 1/3/1923 | Madhukar Arnalkar, famous Marathi writer, was born. |
| 5/28/1950 | Bhagwaticharan, great revolutionary, passed away. |
| 12/10/1969 | Norman Borlaug, the Iowa-born crop expert, whose research on new strains of high-yielding rice and wheat has led to a Green Revolution in developing countries, was awarded the Nobel peace prize today. Working at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center of Mexico since 1944, Borlaug, 56, has directed a team of agronomists working on the development of new crop plant strains that have allowed Third World farmers to multiply yields dramatically. His organization has trained farm technicians from 29 countries, including India, Pakistan and Turkey, enabling them to move steadily toward the goal of self-sufficiency in food production. |
| 8/13/1947 | Riots sweep Lahore in Punjab; mobs stone Gandhi's house. |
| 2/7/1922 | Britain threatens crackdown in India to combat Gandhi's civil disobedience campaign. |
| 8/11/1916 | Gopal Raghunath Bewur, former Chief of Army and fighter, was born. |
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