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Historical Event on 8/28/1896

Firak Gorakhpuri, Urdu poet and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/2/1942Andaman Islands, U.S. Army Air Force Flying Fortresses, bomb the Japanese fleet.
2/15/1997Conference of Inter-Parliamentary Union in New Delhi.
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8/16/1980Communal riots continue; death toll in Uttar Pradesh City hits 130.
11/20/1902Gandhiji returned to South Africa at the request of the Indian community and revived the Indians against Anti-Asian Laws.
4/12/1913Gandhiji in Indian Opinion draws attention to new Immigration Bill's failure to fulfil terms of Provisional Settlement of 1911. Kasturba decides to join Passive Resistance struggle.
6/11/1995PM leaves for 4-day official visit to France.
4/5/1957The first Communist ministry in a state was installed in Kerala.
12/11/1971The elite para-commandos and parachute battalions -India's 'Red Devils', as they are affectionately called, have an unsurpassed ethos and elan of their own. 2 Para Battalion executed a superb airborne assault operation at Tangail in East Pakistan, which was the first of its kind in the subcontinent.
6/29/1901Amal Kumar Sarkar, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.