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Historical Event on 8/28/1667
Sardar Jay Singh I, the famous king- Mirza Raja, a ruler of the kingdom of Amber (later called Jaipur) also in Aurangzeb's kingdom, passed away at Barhanpur.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/26/1820 | Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (Banerji), great Indian educationist, social reformer, litterateur, father of Bengali prose and who gave the Bengalees their first Primer in 1855, was born in the village of Birsingha in Midnapore district of Bengal. |
| 2/28/1919 | Gandhiji signs Satyagraha Pledge to secure withdrawal of Rowlatt Bills. |
| 8/13/1947 | Riots sweep Lahore in Punjab; mobs stone Gandhi's house. |
| 12/27/1976 | Yashpal, modern hindi litterateur, passed away. |
| 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. |
| 10/2/2000 | Mukesh Kumar, India hockey player, retires from international hockey. |
| 9/6/1903 | Russia increases import duties on Indian and Ceylon tea in retaliation for British import policies in Moscow. |
| 1/1/1995 | N.D.Tiwari steps down as president of UP Congress committee. |
| 1/18/1970 | Kishan Singh at Cuttack sets record for 50 Km W.in 4.19.48. |
| 2/5/1936 | Baba Maharaj Satarkar (Nilkanth Gyaneshwar Gore - Satarkar) was born. |
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