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Historical Event on 6/28/1787
Sir Henry G W Smith, leader of British-Indian forces, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/28/1787 | Muhammad of Bin Quasim (Kasim), Arabs, attacked on Sindh and captured it. Muhammad defeated and killed King Dahir, Hindu king, at Rawar. |
| 1/1/1897 | Girja Dayal Girish, great poet and writer, was born at Saraiyan Mahipat Singh, U.P. |
| 1/9/1923 | Satyendranath Tagore, Bengali litterateur, passed away. |
| 8/28/1997 | Jain Commission, chaired by Justice M.C. Jain, submits interim report on Rajiv Gandhi assassination. |
| 3/10/1922 | Gandhiji arrested for the first time in Bombay on the charges of sedition at Sabarmati. |
| 8/10/1963 | The Kamraj Plan. |
| 1/20/1952 | Vasant Patankar, famous Marathi writer, was born. |
| 8/30/1992 | The first Indian-built ALH (Advanced Light Helicopter) successfully flown in Bangalore. |
| 3/30/1913 | B. S. Soman, first Admiral of India, was born. |
| 8/15/1947 | The Defence department becomes the Ministry of Defence under a Cabinet Minister. Each service was placed under its own Commander-in-Chief. Under the Constitution, the supreme command of the Armed Forces was vested with the President. |
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