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Historical Event on 1/28/1996

Dev Kanta Baruah, first President of former Congress, passed away at New Delhi at the age of 82.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/25/1974Indian Aeroplane Jumbo 747 was hijacked and taken over to Rome.
9/5/1967Central Hindi Committee constituted under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister.
1/1/1976Broadcasting of Commercial Advertisements on TV stations started.
4/18/1961Pamella Bordes, photographer and model, was born in New Dehli, India.
2/22/1996Madanlal Khurana, Delhi CM, resigns (Hawala scandal).
2/3/1873Prabhatkumar Mukhopadhyay, famous Bengali short story writer and novelist, was born.
12/5/1872Bhai Vir Singh, great poet, social worker, writer, educationist, musician, humanitarian and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Amritsar.
4/24/1993Congress dissidents K. N. Singh, Natwar Singh, K. L. Fotedar and Shiela Dikshit suspended.
10/4/1997J & K Assembly passed the Ladakh Hill Council Bill.
10/6/1935Jeevan D. Ghosh, cricket Test umpire from 1978-91, was born in Bengal. He has the distinction of having the longest umpiring career of 32 years in India.