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Historical Event on 1/28/1992

Umanath Vachaspati, Magsesey Award winner, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/15/1998Naresh & Girdhari Lal Yadav win the National Enterprise sailing championship in Mumbai.
5/25/19415,000 drown in a storm at Ganges Delta region in India.
3/3/1839Jamshedji Nasarvanji Tata, famous industrialist and father of modern technology, was born at Navsari near Surat, Gujarat. He started cotton mills in Bombay and Nagpur and founded the Tata Iron and Steel Company, which is one of the largest integrated steel mills in the world.
10/9/1931Air Force was established.
5/14/1907Muhammad Ayub Khan, Pakistani president, was born.
3/4/1919Jagtindar Nath Beri, physics expert, was born.
12/1/1989V. P. Singh is named the new prime minister.
5/15/1999The BJP and at least 13 of its allies rename themselves the National Democratic Alliance.
10/2/1986Rajiv Gandhi survives assassination attempt made by Sikh extremists at Raj Ghat.
4/3/1984Bombay beat Delhi on first innings to win the Ranji Trophy.