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Historical Event on 5/28/1964

A slow-moving funeral cortege containing the body of Jawaharlal Nehru inched through the streets of New Delhi today. A million and a half Indians lined the route to pay final respects to their beloved leader.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/26/1950India is proclaimed a Sovereign Democratic Republic ceasing to be a British dominion and adopted Indian Constitution which came into force.
2/10/1921Wilhelm Conrad Von Roentgen, professor and nobel prize winner, passed away.
10/21/1858Ramabai Dongre Medhavi, great social reformer, was born.
11/19/1978Gavaskar gets twin cricket tons for India for second time.
12/28/1921Prince of Wales inagurated Victoria Memorial Hall at Calcutta.
10/17/1999Indian men bagged bronze in the Asian team chess championship in Shenyang.
11/23/1908Durga Das, famous social reformer and journalist, was born.
11/16/1992Reservation, Supreme Court rejects economic criteria.
1/5/1992Ravi Shastri scores 206 at SCG before being Warne's 1st cricket Test wkt.
10/15/1992Talwinder Singh Parmar, the Babbar Khalsa founder who masterminded the Kanishka jumbo explosion of 1985, was shot by security forces in Punjab.