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Historical Event on 10/28/1964
Padmabhushan Vaikunthbhai Mehta, famous Gandhian leader, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/1/1986 | Amnesty scheme for evaders of taxes announced. |
| 3/22/1997 | Deshabhimani daily, official organ of CPI (M), launches its 5th edition from Kottayam, Kerala. |
| 5/27/1951 | Taraporewala Aquarium was inaugurated at Mumbai by President Dr. Rajendra Prasad. |
| 9/15/1909 | Thiru Conjeevaram Natarajan Annadurai, ''Anna'', founder of DMK (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, also an editor, writer, orator and patriot, was born in a weaver community of Kanchipuram. |
| 9/21/1948 | Formation of Press Trust of India (PTI) announced under an agreement signed between Reuters and Indian and Eastern Newspapers Society. |
| 10/2/1997 | At least 50 Pakistan soldiers were killed and several injured in a retaliatory firing by Indian troops in Nowgam, Uri and Kupwara sectors. Firing had been intermittent along LoC. |
| 12/27/1797 | Mirza Ghalib, great urdu poet and writer, was born at Agra. |
| 9/2/1993 | Vice Admiral V.S. Shekhawat appointed new naval chief. |
| 11/16/1962 | Chinese troops launch a major offensive in the frontier war. |
| 8/20/1979 | Indian premier Charan Singh resigns. |
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