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Historical Event on 1/28/1895

Shankarrao Dattatray Dev, veteran Congress leader, Gandhian and Sarvoday leader, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/19/1998Jayalalitha, AIADMK leader, demands that all ''tainted leaders'' be dropped by the Vajpayee Government or that Sedapatti R. Muthiah be taken back.
12/1/1991Stone laid for the Sanskrit University at Kaladi, the birthplace of Adi Sankara.
8/7/1990Union Cabinet approves setting up of Indian Broadcasting (Programme) Service.
10/22/1929Air Mail Series Stamps were issued. These stamps were of denominations of 2, 3, 4, 6, 8 and 12 annas.
7/12/1823First Indian Steam Engine Ship ""Diana-a-Gunboat""sailed in a sea near Calcutta. It was built by Kyd & Co.
7/30/1920Rikhye Maj-Gen Indar Jit, Educationist and Former Army Officer, was born at Lahore.
7/3/199625 to 30\% hike in prices of petroleum products.
11/17/1948Despite the scepticism on the part of the US and British advisers concerning the feasibility of the scheme, the first half-dozen HAL-reconditioned B-24s were ready by November 1948 and, on the 17th of that month, No. 5 Squadron was formed with these heavy bombers.
5/25/1999India blasts its way into the global satellite launch vehicle market with the PSLV-C2 deploying two foreign satellites besides the Indian remote sensing satellite, IRS-P4.
5/25/1999Guru Ramdasji died. His son Arjun Dev succeeded him and changed the offerings to the Guru into a regular tax.