Today Importance 28th January

Today Importance 28th January

28-Jan-1846

The British forcibly separated Kashmir from the Sikhs and sold it to the Maharaja of Jammu for £100,000 after the Battle of Alwal.

28-Jan-1853

The great writer and politician Jose Marti was born in Cuba.

28-Jan-1865

The great heroic freedom fighter, social reformer, humanitarian and lawyer Lala Lajpat Roy 'Punjab Keshri' was born in Dhudike village of Ferozepur district of Punjab.

28-Jan-1877

Revolutionary journalist Pulin Bihari Das passed away.

28-Jan-1894

Famous Hindi writer Anandibai Prabhakar Jayavant was born in Baroda.

28-Jan-1895

Born to Shankarao Dattatraya Dev, veteran Congress leader, Gandhian and Sarvodaya leader.

28-Jan-1898

Nivedita, an Irish woman of Scottish descent, came to India.

28-Jan-1900

General K.M. Cariappa Sanivara, the first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army, was born in Santhai (Coorg).

28-Jan-1902

Gandhi left for Rangoon. Stayed with Gokhal in Calcutta for a month. Returned to Rajkot and sat for practice.

28-Jan-1911

The famous Hope Diamond, once worn by Marie Antoinette, was purchased tonight by Ned McLean, son of John McLean, for over $300,000. Mrs McLean wore it as a head ornament, guarded by an ex-Secret Service man, guarded by two private detectives. The size of a walnut and an intense blue color, this 44.5 carat stone hails from India. Its proprietors included Louis XIV, Louis XVI and a London financier named Trust. A sinister history of misfortune, madness and violent death is associated with the unique gem.

28-Jan-1925

Birth of Raja Ramanna, fourth chairman of Atomic Energy Commission of India.

28-Jan-1933

India read a four-and-a-half-page note in Cambridge at the Waldorf Hotel in London.

28-Jan-1937

Birth of famous singer Suman Kalyanpurkar.

28-Jan-1950

The Supreme Court of India was inaugurated.

28-Jan-1951

The Kashmir issue was brought up in the UN Security Board.

28-Jan-1961

Laying foundation stone of HMT's first factory for wristwatches in Bangalore

28-Jan-1976

Irapalli Prasanna took 8-76 to defeat New Zealand at Eden Park.

28-Jan-1984

Dozens of Sikh militants have been arrested after three people were killed and 31 injured in a grenade attack by terrorists in India's restive Punjab state.

28-Jan-1984

Renowned drama and film producer, director and actor Sohrab Mehrwanji Modi passed away.

28-Jan-1992

Magsaysay Award winner Umanath Bachaspati dies.

28-Jan-1996

Former Congress First President Deb Kant Barua passed away at the age of 82 in New Delhi.

28-Jan-1998

All 26 accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case have been sentenced to death. A designated judge of the TADA court in Chennai convicted him.

28-Jan-1999

Central Zone won the Deodhar Trophy by defeating South in their final at Agartala.

28-Jan-2000

Indian Junior Cricket Team won the Youth Cricket World Cup.

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