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Historical Event on 4/28/1740

Baji Rao I aka Thorle BajiRao Peshwa passed away at Raverkhedi near the banks of the Narmada river near Khargon and his son Balaji Baji Rao was placed on his father's throne as the Peshwa.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/14/1954'State Carrom Association' was established in Mumbai.
12/1/1932A round-table conference on India fails to reach an agreement at London.
3/10/1954The history of 104 HU, the most prestigious and the oldest Helicopter Unit of the IAF, is studded with more than four decades of glorious past and yeomen service rendered to the country. One-O-Four was raised as Helicopter Flight at Palam on 10th March 1954.
10/23/1824Rani Chainema fight with the Britishers at a 'killa' (fort) in Kitur.
1/25/1971Himachal Pradesh becomes a full-fledged 18th Indian Union state.
10/30/1994India seeks Chinese support for Security Council membership.
4/11/2000Ms. Jhumpa Lahiri, an author of Indian origin, wins the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her debut collection of short stories 'Interpreter of Maladies'.
7/12/1996Lok Sabha adopts resolution extending President's Rule in J & K for 6 months.
1/3/1987Dr. Harekrishna Mehtab, former Chief Minister of Orrisa and Governer of Mumbai State, died.
4/25/2000West Bengal police nab Belal alias Lalu Mian, the suspected mastermind behind the hijacking of IC-814 IA flight to Kandahar last December, from a hideout in North 24 Parganas district.