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Historical Event on 4/28/1992
Vinayak Krishna Gokak, famous Kannad poet and Gyanpeeth Awardee, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/6/1980 | Janata Party splits again; members with RSS links form the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). A. B. Vajpayee becomes its first President. |
| 9/20/1857 | British troops conquered Delhi from the Mutineers. |
| 1/14/1994 | The first Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Centenary Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research, instituted by ICMR in 1991-92, was announced in 1994 (Dr. G. Padamanabhan, Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, is the first recipient of this Award). |
| 4/24/1918 | Durgaprasad Dhar, former Vice President of Planning Commission, was born. |
| 2/10/1803 | Jagannath Sunkerseth, great social worker, education lover and one of the sculptors of modern Mumbai, was born. |
| 8/6/1991 | Ramakrishna Hegde disqualified as MLA. |
| 3/6/1915 | Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore met for the first time at Shantiniketan. |
| 9/23/1903 | Yusuf Meherali, freedom fighter and socialist, was born. |
| 7/31/1865 | Jagannath Sunkersett, great social worker, educationist and sculptor of modern Mumbai, passed away at the age of 62. |
| 4/14/1941 | Julie Christie, actress (Dr Zhivago), was born in Assam, India. |
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