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Historical Event on 12/28/1907
Vitthal Narayan Kothiwale, great author, was born at Garoth (Malva).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/25/1999 | Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam is appointed Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India. |
| 1/12/1869 | Dr. Bhagavan Das, great philosopher, freedom fighter, Hindi writer, politician and litterateur, was born at Varanasi. |
| 10/24/1995 | Total solar eclipse seen over Rajasthan, UP, Bihar and West Bengal, while partial eclipse seen in the rest of the country. |
| 5/7/1908 | Sudhabala alias Ermaline was born in Bombay. She was a film actress. Her first film was 'Hothal Padmini' (1925). Some of her films are Kicks of Kismet, Tained Virtue, Red Signal, Wise Fool, Hoor-E-Bagdad. |
| 2/1/1948 | Marathi Sanshodhan Mandal' established. |
| 6/23/1661 | Princess Catherine of Portugal wed King of England Charles II. Portugal gave island of Mumbai to England as present. The British got Bombay as dowry from Portugal. |
| 10/31/1963 | Krishna Menon, resigned from the post of Defence Minister of India, due to Chinese attack. |
| 10/16/1905 | Bengal was partitioned by Lord Curzon on the pretext of it being too big to administer. Instead of dividing it on the basis of non-Bengali areas, the division was on the basis of Hindus and Muslims. Britishers thought that would succeed in increasing Hindu - Muslim tensions. The tremor of partition was felt throughout India and was regarded as an insult and challenge to Indian Nationalism. A movement was launched by the moderates. New method of protests 'Swadeshi and Swaraj' became the slogan of the common man and the whole of India was drawn into the national movement. |
| 7/27/1994 | Parliament votes to ban tests for determining the sex of an unborn child, as these tests have resulted in thousands of aborted female fetuses. |
| 2/16/1992 | Abbas Musawi, leader of Hezbollah, assassinated. |
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