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Historical Event on 8/28/1879

Battle at Ulundi, Lord Chelmsford beats king Cetshwayo's Zuluz.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/7/1995Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2C), third indigenous satellite in the INSAT-2 series, launched. This has additional capabilities such as mobile satellite service, business communication and television outreach beyond Indian boundaries. This is still in service. It was launched by Ariane launch vehicle at French Guyana.
5/22/1772Raja Ram Mohan Roy, great social reformer, lawyer and politician and founder of Brahmo Samaj, was born at Radhanagar in Hooghly district, Bengal.
1/16/1942Jawaharlal Nehru succeeds Gandhi as head of Indian National Congress.
5/19/1993Government decides to merge Vayudut with Indian Airlines.
4/20/1989Launching of IRBM `Agni' fails.
1/2/1994India and Pakistan resume talks after a gap of 16 months.
6/24/1869Hari Chapekar Damodar was born virtually. He was the first terrorist of India.
11/5/1931M. G. Subramaniam, cricket test umpire for 2 tests from 1983-84, was born in Karnataka.
1/21/1997First group of bank documents relating to Bofors case handed over to Indian Government.
3/14/1998Sonia Gandhi takes over as the Congress(I) president from Sitaram Kesri.