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Historical Event on 12/28/1926

Imperial Airways begins England-India mail & passenger service.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/19/1838Keshab Chandra Sen (1838-84), nationalist leader of Bengal, was born in Calcutta. He was one of the first Indians to sow the seeds of secularism in the country. He joined the Brahmo Samaj in 1857 but seperated from it in 1866 and founded Brahma Samaj of India, a radical offshoot of the Adi Brahmo Samaj.
8/29/2000Supreme Court releases of 115 'Veerappan aides' on bail or otherwise till further orders.
2/1/1889Amrit Kaur, an eminent social worker, freedom fighter and political leader, was born a princess in the royal family of King Harman Singh of Kapoorthala. She assisted Gandhi for 18 years and was connected with World Health Organisation and Red Cross Society.
6/20/1979Renedy Singh, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Manipur.
6/11/1991Over 106.6 million voters go to the second phase of national polls.
2/10/1946Gandhiji revives 'Harijan' and allied group of weekly journals.
6/1/1790A treaty was signed between Marathas, Britishers and Nizam.
4/4/1938A. M. Chakrabarty was born in Sainthia at West Bengal. He found that under the optimum conditions of time, temperature and nutrients the Hydrocarbon-eating "qualities'' of four diffrent strains of bacteria could be transferred into one. He also showed that this super-strain of bacteria reproduces itself.
2/28/1951Karsan Devji Ghavri, cricketer (Indian lefty medium pacer early 80s), was born in Rajkot.
10/21/1995L.K.Advani unanimously re-elected BJP president for the fourth time in New Delhi.