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Historical Event on 5/28/1965

Fire and explosion at Dhori mine in Dhanbad, India kills 400.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/20/1998V. K. Sharma, chairman and managing director of JVG Group of Companies, who allegedly swindled Rs. 600 crores from investors, is arrested in Mumbai.
11/1/1949Thomason Collage at Roorkee, Uttar Pradesh, was raised to the status of an Engineering University - the first of its kind in India.
1/21/1980Assembly elections in Kerala; LDF wins absolute majority. E.K. Nayanar forms government in Kerala.
10/3/1907Mansukhlal Maganlal Zaveri, famous Gujrati poet and critic, was born.
9/22/1952Bapiraju Adiv, famous Telgu novelist, poet and author, died.
10/21/1954Government of India and France sign an agreement for the de-facto transfer of the French settlement of Pondicherry, Karaikal, Mahe to the Indian Union. The merger took place on November 1.
1/10/1993Advani, Joshi released on court orders.
1/10/1993Babur Shah was declared as the Emperor of Dehli.
3/23/1923Hemu Kalani, revolutionary freedom fighter, was born at Sukkur, Sind. He was held for removing of fishplates which caused derailment of British Wagon.
2/25/1760Lord Clive left India. His successors as Governors of India were J. Holwell and H. Vansittart from July 1760 to 1765. He was re-posted to India on May 3, 1765.