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Historical Event on 1/28/1846

British forcibly separate Kashmir from the Sikhs and sell it to the Maharaja of Jammu for 1,000,000 pounds after the Battle of Allwal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/22/198219 persons were killed and 25 injured when an Air India Boeing 707 from Singapore via Madras crashed at Bombay.
6/18/1858Rani Laxmi Bai of Jhansi died while fighting with the British troops in the battlefield near Gwalior.
9/5/1904Bhalchandra Pandharinath Bahirat, editor and expert of Saint literature, was born.
1/28/1865Lala Lajpat Rai 'Punjab Kesari', great valiant freedom fighter, social reformer, humanitarian and lawyer, was born in Dhudike village of Ferozepur district, Punjab.
2/13/1970Man-eating tiger is reported to have killed 48 people at a village 80-km from New Delhi.
5/28/1988The first Cultural Exchange Programme was signed between India and China.
11/29/1928Krishnaji Narayan Aathaly, great Marathi litterateur and editor, passed away.
9/30/1961Chandrakant Sitaram Pandit, occasional Indian cricket wicket-keeper (late 80's), was born in Bombay.
6/24/1901John Thottam (Sir Marry Benigna C.D.) Marry, great poetess and teacher, was born in Elangi village at Kerala.
11/15/1991Insurance official Dr. S.L. Khosa freed in Kashmir in exchange for a militant.