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Historical Event on 6/28/1975

As a response to anti-government demonstrations, India imposes the toughest press censorship since independence.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/19/1990Rajeev Goswami, a student of Delhi University, attempts to self immolate himself in protest against the implementation of Mandal Commission Report.
3/23/1911Indranath Bandopadhyay, Bengali comedy writer and journalist, passed away.
1/14/1995Ban on VHP re-imposed.
8/2/1958Arshad Ayub, cricketer (Indian off-spinner in 13 Tests between 1987-89), was born in Hydrabad.
5/3/1765Clive became Governor of Bengal for second time from England after he returned to Calcutta.
8/13/1995Kashmiri separatists behead a kidnapped Norwegian tourist and threatened to kill other hostages unless India freed 15 militants at Srinagar.
8/13/1947Riots sweep Lahore in Punjab; mobs stone Gandhi's house.
8/5/1909Dwijhans Kalika Prasad Dixit, great poet and educationist, was born at Gram Dedani in Uttar Pradesh.
9/4/1997Madhavrao Scindia, Tariq Anwar, Meira Kumar, Oscar Fernandes and R. R. Dhawan appointed AICC general-secretaries by party president Sitaram Kesri.
4/1/1954French settlements in India pass under Indian control.