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Historical Event on 12/28/1885
Allian Octavian Hume, a Scotsman, founded National Union and it held its first meeting in Bombay Tejpal Hall. The first session of Indian National Congress started under the Presidentship of Vyomesh Chandra Banerjee.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/9/1972 | In 1971, 433 feature films produced in the world with a record and a top position in film production. |
| 9/4/1825 | Dadabhai Naoroji, first Indian in British parliament and merchant, was born at Navsari, Gujarat. He coined the word 'Swaraj'. |
| 9/2/1960 | Dr. Shankar Purushottam Adharkar, famous Botanist in India, passed away. |
| 8/12/1966 | Mihir Sen swam Dadenelis. |
| 7/16/1956 | K. L. Pawar, who guided students for the written examinations, was born. |
| 12/27/1988 | The first hot-air Cross India Balloon started its flight in Rajasthan. |
| 2/14/1628 | 5th Mughal Emperor Shahjahan was crowned. |
| 6/18/1966 | California's hippie subculture converged into a mass of long hair, flowers, and rock music this weekend, as 50,000 flowed into the fairgrounds of the Monterey International Pop Festival. The event featured the largest collection of major rock acts ever assembled; thousands of fans had to be turned away from the sold-out concert. Established artists such as the Byrds, Jefferson Airplane, Otis Redding, and the Mamas and the Papas received the expected ovations from the huge audience. But the response was equally enthusiastic for performances by Indian sitar master Ravi Shankar and new talents Janis Joplin, the Who, and Jimi Hendrix, a young man who played the electric guitar like nobody else. |
| 9/21/1938 | Prof. Raghuveer Singh Rathore, Cricket Test umpire for one test in 1990-91, was born in Rajasthan. |
| 9/7/1996 | Ajit Singh quits Congress and heads Tikait's party. |
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