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Historical Event on 8/28/1972

General Insurance Business was nationalised.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/29/1891Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, great Indian educationist, social reformer, litterateur and Hindi writer, passed away in Calcutta.
9/1/1999The Congress(I) President, Ms. Sonia Gandhi, launches a broadside against the Vajpayee Government on handling of Kargil issue.
1/16/1973Om Prakash Mehra, Air Chief Marshal PVSM, became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/01/1976.
7/28/1921The All-India Congress Party votes to boycott a forthcoming visit by the Prince of Wales and urges a boycott of imported cloth.
5/14/1996H.D. Deve Gowda elected leader of the third front as its prime ministerial candidate.
10/20/1997Veerappan, the forest brigand, releases the six hostages after 12 days.
11/16/199160 percent of the 23 million voters exercise their franchise in the by-elections to 15 Lok Sahba and 56 Assembly seats in 14 states.
11/16/1991Vasco De Gama departed with his fleet from Lisbon Harbour for a trip to India .
11/6/1904Hariharnath Shastri, worker's leader, was born.
11/6/1904Vallabhacharya, founder of 'Pushthimarg Panth', was born.