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Historical Event on 1/28/1996

Dev Kanta Baruah, first President of former Congress, passed away at New Delhi at the age of 82.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/13/1938Hitler merged Austria in Germany.
12/11/1991The centre notifies the interim order of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal directing Karnataka to release 205 tmc ft of water to Tamil Nadu.
10/12/1921Jayant Shridhar Tilak, great journalist, was born at Poona.
10/22/1796Sawai Madhav Rao Peshwa II committed suicide by jumping from the terrace.
2/8/1897Dr. Zakir Hussain, third President of India and Educationist, was born in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.
6/13/1965Maninder Singh Harbansingh Billa, cricketer (Indian leftarm spinner in 35 Tests 1982-93), was born in Pune.
6/22/1948Emperor of India title was deleted from His Majesty the King of United Kingdom's titles.
5/9/1981Durga Bai Deshmukh passed away at Hyderabad. She was a social reformer, freedom fighter, planner, administrator, educationist and parliamentarian. She worked for peace, social welfare and for betterment of the downtrodden.
8/20/1955Jawaharlal Nehru breaks off relations with the Portuguese after the invasion of Goa by Indian nationalists.
3/27/1878Britishers sent Indian soldiers to Malta considering that the Russian would attack.