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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
| 7/28/1872 |
Albert P Sarraut, French Governor General of Indo-China (1911..19)/PM (1933/36), was born. |
| 7/28/1909 |
Brahmanand Reddi Kasu, politician, was born at Madras. |
| 7/28/1912 |
Ramchandra Gondo Ginde, famous neuro surgeon, was born. |
| 7/28/1914 |
Japanese boat 'Kamagata Maru' was compelled to deport to India from Vancouver, Canada. The ship was boarded with active freedom fighters who were against the British Government. |
| 7/28/1921 |
Congress decided to boycott the visit of Prince of Wales in India. |
| 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. |
| 7/28/1924 |
Many deaths were reported and several villages were destroyed due to floods in the south. |
| 7/28/1939 |
Tarun Ram Phookun, great lawyer, orator, eminent writer and President of the Assam Chhatra Sammelan in 1928, passed away. |
| 7/28/1946 |
Sister Alphonsa, good teacher and social worker, died at Bharananganam. |
| 7/28/1972 |
India and Pakistan sign Simla Pact, settling border dispute in Kashmir. |
| 7/28/1989 |
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed was disqualified from Rajya Sabha. It was the first case of such disqualification from the House under anti-defection law. |
| 7/28/1994 |
Sudhakarrao Naik, G. Ramanujam and O. N. Srivastava appointed Governors. |
| 7/28/1994 |
Uproar in Parliament over the Government's rejection of JPC report. |
| 7/28/1997 |
Calling and holding of bandhs by political parties and other associations or organisations declared 'Illegal and unconstitutional' by a Full Bench of the Kerala High Court. |
| 7/28/1997 |
12 persons are killed and 69 injured as New Delhi-bound Karnataka Express rams Himsagar Express at Old Faridabad station level-crossing in Haryana. |
| 7/28/1999 |
Shiv Sena president Bal Thackeray is banned from voting and contesting in any election for six years from December 11, 1995 on the recommendations of the Election Commission. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/5/1990 | Government announces an interim relief of Rs. 360 crore to 5 lakh victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy. |
| 2/23/1908 | Maharaj Kumar Raghubir Sinh, famous Hindi writer and historian, was born. |
| 2/25/2000 | The Supreme Court stays the Madras High Court order discharging the former Chief Minister and AIADMK supremo, Ms. Jayalalitha, from the two TANSI deal cases. |
| 10/3/1831 | Britishers captured Mysore. |
| 4/22/1930 | Revolutionary Surjya Sen's many associates were killed and Surjya Sen ""Masterda"" himself went underground, on Jalalabad Hill and started extending his activities to neighbouring districts. |
| 1/14/1959 | Indira Gandhi, Nehru's daughter, emerges as leading choice for president in New Delhi. |
| 7/22/1991 | New industrial policy for liberalisation of economies announced in Parliament. |
| 5/15/1992 | Harshad Mehta suspended. |
| 9/3/1994 | The government decides to disinvest government holding in 21 Public Sector Units including ITI, IOC and ITDC. |
| 1/8/1964 | Jack ""Murph the Surf"" Murphy, 27, and a companion were arrested in Miami as suspects in the theft of $410,000 rare gems from the American Museum of Natural History in October of last year. The world's largest sapphire, the Star of India, and eight of the other 22 stolen gems were returned to New York in an attorney's coat pocket, having been recovered in two water-logged suede pouches from a Miami bus terminal locker with the help of a third suspect. The three described themselves as ""beach boys."" Murphy is a sometimes an aquatic clown, but mainly they were notorious jewel thieves. Murphy was also accused of pistol-whipping actress Eva Gabor and stealing jewels worth $50,000 from her a year ago. |
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