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Historical Event on 9/28/1985

The first Indian Army expedition, sailing around the world in a small 37 feet fibre glass yacht named ""Trishna"", sailed off from Bombay. (10-1-87).

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/22/1905Purushotamsing Bajaj, industrialist and social worker, was born at Shikarpur (Sind).
8/13/1988Gajanan Jagirdar, great actor and director in Indian film industry, died.
5/4/1923Mrinal Sen, famous film director, was born.
2/16/1932Sibnath 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.
12/7/1979First International Children's Films Festival was held in Bombay.
12/17/1905Judge Mohammad Hidayatullah, Chief Justice and Supreme Court of India, was born.
2/15/1865Kishorilal Goswami, Hindi novelist, was born.
10/14/1940Cliff Richards [Harry Webb], rock vocalist, was born in Lucknow, India.
10/14/1940Turkish Armada retired.The arrival of a new Portuguese fleet.
10/24/1995Total solar eclipse seen over Rajasthan, UP, Bihar and West Bengal, while partial eclipse seen in the rest of the country.