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Historical Event on 7/28/1921
The All-India Congress Party votes to boycott a forthcoming visit by the Prince of Wales and urges a boycott of imported cloth.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/3/1906 | Prithviraj Kapoor, stage and film artist, member of Rajya Sabha and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, was born. |
| 4/8/1759 | British troops chase French out of Masulipatam, India. |
| 12/22/1751 | Battle of Mandavgargh. |
| 12/9/1997 | Dr. K. Shivarama Karanth (95), doyen of Kannada literature and Jnanpith Award winner, died in Manipal. |
| 7/9/1993 | Passport fees raised from Rs. 60 to Rs.300. |
| 2/18/1665 | The Portuguese handover Mumbai island to England. |
| 6/15/1986 | K. K. Tarapore, cricketer (Test for India 1948), was killed in a motor-scooter accident. |
| 8/16/1958 | Pather Panchali' won the top five awards, including feature length motion picture, and got a honorary mention at the Vancouver International Film Festival. |
| 12/1/1886 | Raja Mahendra Pratap, great revolutionary freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Musran in U.P. |
| 5/17/1873 | Hindi daily 'Bharat Mitra' started from Calcutta. |
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