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Historical Event on 5/28/1964
A slow-moving funeral cortege containing the body of Jawaharlal Nehru inched through the streets of New Delhi today. A million and a half Indians lined the route to pay final respects to their beloved leader.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/1/1996 | Motilal Vohra, U.P. Governor, resigns (hawala case). |
| 1/1/1976 | Broadcasting of Commercial Advertisements on TV stations started. |
| 6/9/1980 | M. G. Ramachandran's second AIADMK ministry takes office. |
| 5/17/1887 | Ranglal Bandopadhyay, Bengali poet, essay-writer and journalist, passed away. |
| 3/1/1775 | Purandhar Treaty was singed between Nana Phadnavis and British Army. |
| 1/1/1948 | India raised voice against Pakistani infilatration in the country. A complaint was lodged in the Security Council of United Nation on Kashmir invasion. |
| 6/27/1838 | Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (Chatterjee), famous novelist, ""the father of modern Indian fiction"" and writer of national song 'Vande Mataram', was borm at Katalpara near Naihati, West Bengal. Some of his writings are 'Anandmath' and 'Kapal Kundala'. He was among the first two Bengalee Graduates. |
| 1/25/1856 | Battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers & Indians. |
| 1/14/1927 | M. Aram, famous Hindi writer and educationist, was born in Kulasekharapatnam at Madras. |
| 7/27/1959 | Abbas Ali Baig scores 112 for India v England on debut. |
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