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Historical Event on 6/28/1921

Sahityaratna P. V. Narsingh Rao, former Prime Minister of India, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
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9/5/1888Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975), panentheist, great renaissance philosopher, eminent writer, free India's first vice-president and second president, was born at Tiruttani near Madras.
12/12/1989Air Chief Marshal (retd.) Arjan Singh named Delhi Lt. Governor.
2/24/1899Maheshchandra Burjorjee Bilimoria, film distributor, was born.
10/31/1990Hindus flee Muslim prorsecution in Kashmir Valley.
2/28/1998The third and final phase of polling is held in 131 Lok Sabha constituencies in 10 States and one Union Territory.
3/21/1997Foreign currency reserves of RBI stand at $16 billions, which was a record of sorts.
1/16/1996Union Cabinet Minister V.C. Shukla, Balram Jhakar, Madhavrao Scindia, and others including BJP President L.K. Advani, Arjun Singh and Devi Lal chargesheeted in the multi-crore Jain `Hawala' case. CBI seeks sanction to prosecute them. L.K. Advani resigns from Lok Sabha membership.
3/18/1998A.B. Vajpayee, the Prime Minister-designate, releases the 'national agenda for governance' in New Delhi. It is silent on the Ram temple issue, scrapping of Article 370 and a uniform civil code.