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Historical Event on 1/28/1933

India in Waldorf Hotel in London read out a four and a half page note in Cambridge.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/21/1997Sonic Multani bags National snooker title in Mumbai.
4/20/1965First Indian team led by M. S. Kohli ascends the Everest.
11/20/1946Gandhiji starts tour without party.
11/20/1946Ruknud-din Firuz Shah, son of Emperor Iltutmish, was assassinated.
1/29/1997Supreme Court rules that water is a 'mineral'.
8/18/1800Fort William College was established at Calcutta.
5/5/2000Supreme Court permits former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha (petitioner) to have herself and the others examined as ''defence witnesses'' in connection with the trial of the 'Colour TV scam case'.
6/28/1972Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis died. He was the first founder of Indian statistical Institute to receive world recognition. In 1958, he started his national sample surveys. A Sample survey means assessing a situation by studying a part of it which would represent the whole, some of his proposals were included in the second five year paln. His original work made him elected as fellow of the Royal society in 1945.
10/31/1984Indira Gandhi, India's four-time prime minister, was gunned down by two members of her personal security guard as she walked from her home to her office in New Delhi. She died after four hours of emergency surgery. The only daughter of former Prime Minister Nehru was 66. Both of her attackers were identified as members of the Sikh religion. One was shot dead. The other was captured. Sikh extremists had threatened to kill Ms. Gandhi since she ordered the raid on their shrine in Amritsar. She had told an interviewer that she was not intimidated by the threats. 'I am not afraid,' she said. 'I am frequently attacked.'
1/8/2000The Government reconstitutes the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts and Trust and retains Mrs. Sonia Gandhi as a trustee along with Mr. P. V. Narasimha Rao, Prof. Yashpal and Dr. Abid Hussain.