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Historical Event on 08/28/1600

Mughals capture Ahmednagar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/30/2000The 160-page CBI's report on cricket match-fixing names Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja, Ajay Sharma, Manoj Prabhakar and former physiotherapist Dr. Ali Irani for their deep-rooted nexus with betting syndicates. It virtually gives a clean chit to Kapil Dev.
3/20/2000Unidentified militants gun down 35 Sikhs in the south Kashmir village of Chatti Singhpora in one of the worst incidents of violence in the State.
1/28/1898Nivedita, an Irish lady of Scottish descent, came to India.
6/8/1906Syed Nazir Ali, cricketer (bro of Wazir Ali, India's 1st Test 1932), born at Jullunder.
12/28/1921Prince of Wales inagurated Victoria Memorial Hall at Calcutta.
6/9/1967Narayan Shripad Rajhans, alias Bal Gandharva, went into a coma in Bombay and never regained his consciousness.
12/11/1971The elite para-commandos and parachute battalions -India's 'Red Devils', as they are affectionately called, have an unsurpassed ethos and elan of their own. 2 Para Battalion executed a superb airborne assault operation at Tangail in East Pakistan, which was the first of its kind in the subcontinent.
1/22/1986Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Awards instituted.
4/5/1949Indian Boy Scout and Girl Guide were established and renamed as Bharat Scouts and Guides.
10/10/1995G. R Khairnar, the high profile suspended Deputy Municipal Commissioner of Bombay, was reinstated.