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Historical Event on 8/28/1976

Second World Hindi Conference held in Mauritius.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/23/1976Hari Chand at Montreal sets record for 10,000m in 28.48.72.
6/30/1999The first ever direct bus service between India and Bangladesh gets delayed due to heavy rain.
7/31/1993Transport operators begin nation-wide strike.
10/11/1941Amitabh Bachchan, famous film actor, was born.
11/19/1917Indira (Pridarshani) Gandhi, the first Indian Lady Prime Minister, was born at Allahabad. She was the only child of Jawharlal Nehru and took active participation in freedom fight by forming ""Vanar Sena"" (a team of young detectives). She lead India in a successful war against Pakistan to seperate East and West Pakistans and establish the nation of Banglades
9/2/1956Collapse of a RR bridge under a train kills 120 (India).
5/5/1977Chandra Shekar chosen President of the Janatha Party.
5/5/1977Humayun died at Delhi. Two days earlier he had slipped on the staircase of a library being constructed at the Old Fort.
2/7/2000Kamaluddin Ahmed, former APCC(I) president and four times Congress MP, joins the BJP.
5/10/1936Dr. Mukhtar Ahmad Ansari, great freedom fighter, politician, journalist and muslim leader, passed away.