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Historical Event on 6/28/1993

A multi-millionaire industrialist, main financier of smuggler Veerappan,and 6 Veerappan-men arrested.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/16/1905A decision to boycott British goods was taken at Bagarhat.
8/9/1942The Congress at its Bombay session passed the famous Quit India resolution, calling for mass struggle on non-violent lines on the widest possible scale, under the leadership of Gandhiji. He stressed that ""We shall either free India or die in the attempt; We shall not live to see the perpetuation of our slavery""; popularly known as ""Do or Die"". But before the Congress could start the movement, the government arrested all the major leaders and the Congress was declared illegal. Spontaneous popular revolts broke out with the battle cry of 'British Quit India'.
2/26/1874Sursingh Takhtsingh Gohil `Kalapi', famous Gujrati poet, was born.
8/11/1956The Lok Sabha passed the States Reorganisation Act.
7/17/1996Madras to be known as 'Chennai' henceforth.
4/8/1953Walchand Hirachand, great Industrialist, passed away.
1/20/1949Junagarh formally merged with Saurashtra.
11/2/1971Hurricane and ensuing tidal wave takes 6,000 lives.
8/1/1997Nitin Mongia wins Laser standard in sailing championship in Hyderabad.
9/7/1988President's rule in Mizoram.