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Historical Event on 6/28/1787
Sir Henry G W Smith, leader of British-Indian forces, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 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. |
| 7/18/1993 | Girilal Jain, 71, The Times of India editor, died. |
| 2/23/1993 | Pre-budget Economic Survey proposes closure of sick PSE and rationalisation of tax and interests rates. |
| 1/15/1956 | Erach Jahangir Sorabji Taraporewala, famous Indian language expert, passed away. |
| 4/18/1959 | Premier Chou En-lai insists Tibetan Dalai Lama was abducted to India. |
| 5/17/1957 | Nehru, who went to Ceylon to celebrate the 2,500th anniversary of the founding of Buddhism, calls for an end to nuclear tests. |
| 4/7/1997 | NAM foreign ministers two-day conference begins in New Delhi. |
| 5/28/1965 | Fire and explosion at Dhori mine in Dhanbad, India kills 400. |
| 5/11/1626 | Malik Ambar of Ahmednagar's Nijamshahi kingdom, passed away. |
| 5/2/1996 | Controversial godman Chandraswami arrested and sent to high security Tihar jail on a day's judicial custody by a Delhi court for allegedly cheating NRI businessman Lakhubhai Pathak of $1 lakh in 1983. |
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