Today Importance - 28th July
28-Jul-1872
Albert P. Sarwat, French Governor-General of Indo-China (1911..19)/PM (1933/36), is born.
28-Jul-1909
The politician Brahmananda Reddy Kasu was born in Madras.
28-Jul-1912
28-Jul-1914
The Japanese ship 'Kamagata Maru' was forced to leave Vancouver, Canada for India. On board were active freedom fighters who were against the British government.
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28-Jul-1921
Congress decided to boycott the visit of Prince of Wales to India.
28-Jul-1921
The All India Congress Party casted a ballot to blacklist the impending visit of the Ruler of Ridges and required a blacklist of imported dress.
28-Jul-1924
Floods in the south caused many deaths and destroyed many villages.
28-Jul-1939
Tarun Ram Phukun, great lawyer, orator, eminent writer and president of Assam Students Conference in 1928, died.
28-Jul-1946
Sister Alphonsa, a good teacher and social worker, died in Bharananganam.
28-Jul-1972
India and Pakistan signed the Shimla Accord to settle the Kashmir border dispute.
28-Jul-1989
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has been disqualified from the Rajya Sabha. This is the first disqualification from Parliament under the Anti-Defection Act.
28-Jul-1994
Sudhakarao Naik, G. Ramanujam and O.N. Srivastava was appointed as the Governor.
28-Jul-1994
Uproar in Parliament over government's rejection of JPC report.
28-Jul-1997
A full bench of the Kerala High Court declared the calling and organizing of bandhs by political parties and other associations or organizations as 'illegal and unconstitutional'.
28-Jul-1997
12 killed and 69 injured when New Delhi-bound Karnataka Express collided with Himsagar Express at a level crossing at Old Faridabad station in Haryana.
28-Jul-1999
Shiv Sena president Bal Thackeray was restricted from casting a ballot and challenging any political race for quite a long time from 11 December 1995 on the proposal of the Political decision Commission.