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Historical Event on 1/28/1925

Raja Ramanna, fourth President of Indian Atomic Energy Commission, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/4/1923Nagpur University started working.
3/3/1978Shaliwahan Shaka Hindu Calender started.
7/8/1972Sourav Chandidas Ganguly, cricketer (centuries in 1st two Tests for India 1996), was born in Calcutta.
7/10/2000Pete Sampras wins his 7th singles Wimbledon title and his 13th Grand Slam title overtaking Roy Emerson's 12 titles.
8/5/1939In the first case to be brought under Prohibition laws, a railroad passenger was today convicted of possessing a bottle of brandy in Bombay.
5/16/1975Sikkim High Court was established at Gangtok for Sikkim territory.
9/1/1989Yasser Arafat chosen for the 1988 Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding.
7/10/1927Ganga Ram, great social reformer and founder of Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi, died in England while functioning as an active member of the Royal Commission on Agriculture. He was against dowry and child marriages and advocated widow re-marriage and also established institutions for vocational education and education for adults.
1/23/1909New direct 7,000-mile telegraphic link with India is hailed as a great achievement at London.
9/21/1746French expeditionary army occupies Labourdonnais & Dupleix Madras.