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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