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Historical Event on 9/28/1924
In penance for riots, Gandhi, on hunger strike in Delhi, proclaimed he would break his fast only at death.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/24/1995 | A total eclipse of the sun witnessed from India to Vietnam. |
| 8/9/1966 | Heroes of the 1942 movement were honoured at a rally in Red Fort. |
| 8/17/1998 | National Human Rights Commission recommends compulsory registration of marriages in a bid to check child marriages. |
| 9/24/1992 | India's Leander Paes defeats Britain's Jeremy Bates in the Davis Cup tie in New Delhi. |
| 3/25/1990 | Lakshadweep Council elections. |
| 11/8/1999 | The Government announces waiver of telephone bills up to Rs. 1000 in the rural areas of cyclone-hit Orissa. |
| 5/27/1906 | Gandhiji writes to his brother Lakshimidas, stating his disinterestedness in worldly possessions. |
| 2/16/1932 | Sibnath Banerjee, trade union movement leader, passed away. He founded several organisation like Congress Socialist Party, A.I.T.U.C. and Hind Mazdoor Sabha, etc. |
| 9/11/1921 | Subramania Bharati, freedom fighter, Tamil poet and editor, passed away at an early age of 39. |
| 6/8/1998 | Sani Abacha, 54, Nigerian President, died in Abuja of heart attack. |
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