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Historical Event on 1/28/1992

Umanath Vachaspati, Magsesey Award winner, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/3/199835 persons were killed as Govind Towers at Bandra in Mumbai collapsed.
11/24/1932The Third Round Table Conference ended in London. As Gandhi was in prison because of his civil disobedience movement he could not attend it. This conference ended without achieving anything.
1/3/1947Gandhiji toured the riot-affected areas in Bihar from January 3 to January 29.
7/14/1963Swami Shivanand Saraswati, religious leader, passed away.
3/21/1995A.K. Antony elected CM of Kerala.
3/21/1966Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-P3) placed into polar orbit. This carries remote sensing payload and an X-ray astronomy payload. Launched by third developmental flight of India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-D3) which is for launching 1,000-1,200 kg class of remote sensing satellites into polar sun-synchronous orbit. Still in service.
2/10/1990Saroj Mukherjee, WB's CPI(M) secretary, died.
2/20/1968First Edition of 'Amrit Bazar Patrika' weekly was published in Bengali language.
8/8/1905Dhyanchand, great Hockey player, was born.
4/29/1947Abolition of ""untouchability"".