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Historical Event on 3/28/1926

Pahelam Ratanji ""Polly"" Umrigar, cricketer (Indian batsman & captain), was born in Sholapur, Maharashtra.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/23/1997India and Pakistan reach accord on joint working groups to address outstanding issues including Kashmir and Siachen.
1/29/1939Ramkrishna Mission Sanskritik Sansthan (Institute of Culture) was established.
4/25/1982India's first telecast colour broadcasting started on Dordarshan.
9/4/1987Roop Kanwar, an 18-year-old girl, commits Sati (burning herself in her husband's funeral pyre) in Deorala in Rajasthan.
8/26/2000Vijay Kumar wins the Hindu Open Golf championship at the Cosmopolitan Club in Chennai.
8/15/1947Brigadier Thakur Mahadeo Singh was the first Indian Commandant. He was the DSO of Indian Militery Academy.
5/16/1946Gandhiji's Cabinet Mission announces Plan.
12/5/1898Josh Malihabadi, famous Urdu poet, was born.
7/9/1999Ashok Mitra (82), noted writer, academician and former bureaucrat, died in Calcutta.
8/25/1997Cabinet approved the draft of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) which was to replace the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA).