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Historical Event on 3/28/1995

Haridev Joshi, former Chief Minister of Rajasthan and former Governor of Assam Meghalay, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/16/1965Indian troops cross Kashmir line, seizes two Pakistani outposts.
3/10/1897Savitri Bai Phule passed away. She played a prominent role in assisting her husband Mahatma Jyotirao Govindrao Phule in education field. She taught in schools for girls and for downtroddens and untouchables.
11/21/1947First Stamp of Independent India was released
3/19/1962Raja Kelkar Museum, which belonged to Dinkar Gangadhar Kelkar, was opened for the people.
9/19/1927Kunwar Narayan, famous writer of 'Atmajayee' and 'Akaron Ke Aas Pas', was born.
8/25/1992Veerappa Moily, Karnataka minister, stripped of Education portfolio.
2/1/1917Samar Roy, cricket Test Umpire for 6 tests from 1961-70, was born in Bengal.
6/1/1992Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Academy established at Satara.
5/31/1970Indira Gandhi called for international help as the civil war in Bangladesh, or East Pakistan, had turned two million people into refugees. Many of them were suffering from cholera and smallpox. The authorities of West Pakistan refused to care for them, and India couldn't afford to.
11/30/1858Jagdish Chandra Bose, botonist and physics expert, was born at Mymensingh (now in Bangladesh).