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Historical Event on 5/28/1963

Estimated 22,000 die in another cyclone in Bay of Bengal (India).

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/20/1928Abaji Narayan Pednekar, children's story writer, was born.
8/29/1923Sir Richard Attenborough, famous actor and director (Gandhi, Young Winston), was born.
9/22/1902Sorabjee Harmasji Colah, (right-hand batsman who batted in India's first two Tests), was born in Bombay.
1/17/1771Govind Patwardhan Mirajkar, first Rao of Peshwai, passed away.
5/1/1948Baroda State merged into Bombay Province.
9/12/1931Triloki Nath Madan, educationist and journalist, was born at Srinagar, Kashmir.
6/23/1761Balaji Bajirao (Nanasaheb), third peshwa, died at Pune, after losing in the Third Battle of Panipat on 12 June.
12/22/1994Sunil Gavaskar takes oath of office as the Sheriff of Bombay.
5/13/1791Lord Cornwallis retreated back to Madras after the battle of Arikera.
5/22/1989IRBM 'Agni' Missile launched successfully from Chandipur, Orissa.