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Historical Event on 5/28/1930

Bhagwaticharan Vohra, great revolutionary freedom fighter, died near the banks of Ravi river during a bomb testing.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/12/1911Vijay Madhavji Merchant Thackersey, cricketer (all-time great Indian batsman), was born in Bombay.
8/6/1920Film Censor Board at Bombay started working. The first film censored and granted a Censor Certificate No. 1 was a short film of 600 ft., produced by Gaumont Company and it was titled as 'Gaumont Graphic No. 963-964'. The Regional Film Censor Boards were also set-up in Calcutta, Madras and Rangoon.
5/5/1972Loknathan P. S., great economist, passed away.
9/1/1999The Congress(I) President, Ms. Sonia Gandhi, launches a broadside against the Vajpayee Government on handling of Kargil issue.
1/9/1904Pratab Singh Chaudhari, social worker, was born at Multan, Punjab .
3/30/1908Devika Rani, famous film actress, was born.
3/30/1908Badauni Abdul Kadir, famous Muslim historian, was born.
7/31/1964Air Marshal Aspy Merwan Engineer DFC retired from the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.
5/1/1997Anand wins all three categories in Amber chess tournament in Monte Carlo.
4/11/1999Paes-Bhupathi won the doubles in the in the ATP-Gold Flake Open in Chennai.