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Historical Event on 1/28/1984

Sohrab Meherwanji Modi, famous drama and film producer, director and actor, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/13/1999Atal Krishna Bihari Vajpayee became the Prime Minister of India.
7/31/2000The Lok Sabha passes by voice vote a bill for creation of Chhattisgarh state.
9/19/1962Jawaharlal Nehru was devastated when China began attacks on India's northern frontier leading to Indo-China War.
6/9/1997At least 50 persons were killed and 5,000 families affected in a landslide triggered by heavy rains in Gangktok.
8/26/1984An Indian Airlines Boeing with 68 passengers and a crew of six hijacked to Lahore. The 12 Sikh hijackers then surrendered to the authorities in the U.A.E and released all the passengers.
11/1/1945Narendra Dabholkar, blind faith eradicator (Andhashradhha Nirmulak), was born.
9/20/1993First developmental launch of PSLV and Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1E) carried remote sensing payloads. Could not be placed in orbit.
4/16/1959Raurkela Iron Project's first furnace started functioning.
2/24/1922Kanwar Rai Singh, cricketer (batted at MCG Test for India 1948), was born in Darkati, Punjab.
12/22/1999The Government says there is no hidden agenda behind the US lifting of curbs.