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Historical Event on 1/28/1976

Erapalli Prasanna takes 8-76 to rip through New Zealand at Eden Park.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/27/1964Teen Murti Bhavan, official residence of the Prime Minister of India, became the Nehru Memorial Museum.
8/7/1941Rabindranath Devendranath Tagore ""Gurudev"", great Indian poet, voluminous playwright, Noble Laureate, social reformer, freedom fighter, painter and philosopher, passed away at Calcutta at the age on 80 years. He will be always remembered for the national song ""Jana Gana Mana"" and as a founder of Vishwa Bharati, Shantiniketen, etc.
8/19/1907Acharya Hajariprasad Dwivedi was born.
1/12/1948Gandhiji decides to fast for communal peace in Delhi for communal riots which broke between Hindus and Muslims at Calcutta. Mountbatten fails to dissuade Gandhiji.
1/12/1948Firuz Shah captured the throne of Delhi and Sultan Jalal'ud-din Khalji called himself.
1/26/199921 dalits are gunned down by the Ranbit Sena in Jahanabad district in Bihar.
7/15/1969Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh, Padma Vibhushan, DFC. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. After retirement he was appointed as the Ambassador in Switzerland.
10/20/1998Security forces unearth 770 kg of RDX and plastic explosives in the Tangmay area of Baramulla district in Jammu and Kashmir.
8/11/2000The World Bank signs an agreement for a $713 million aid to India for three infrastructure projects.
5/14/1972Fighting between Indian and Pakistani forces along the Kashmir border reported.