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Historical Event on 4/28/1945
Ajit Manohar Pai, cricketer (one Test India v NZ 1969), was born in Bombay.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/31/1988 | Nuclear Fuel Complex was established in Hyderabad. |
| 4/16/1976 | The govt. announces its new birth-control program to curb population growth. |
| 6/7/1631 | Begum Mumtaj Mahal, wife of Shah Jahan, Emperor of India, passed away at Burhanpur a few hours after the birth of a daughter. She was married in 1612 and the Taj Mahal was built for her. |
| 12/11/1931 | Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh ""Osho"", guru of the rich, was born. |
| 10/9/1987 | Official Languages Rules, 1976 amended. |
| 2/18/1993 | Phoolan Devi, the legendary Bandit Queen, was released after 11 years in jail. A heroine to many low-caste Indians, she was born into the Mallah caste of fishermen, close to the bottom of India's rigid social scale, and became a bandit after she was gang-raped. She led her rural band in robbing and killing upper-caste Thakurs in revenge for the murder of her lover and acquired a Robin Hood image. The Rebel of the Ravines siad, ""I shall work for the upliftment of the women and downtrodden"". |
| 2/4/1976 | Lok Sabha's life extended by one year. |
| 1/27/1996 | 'Prithvi', surface-to-surface missile, test-fired successfully. |
| 8/5/1992 | The Supreme Court appoints a 3-member panel to visit Ayodhya and report on the new structures there. |
| 6/9/1967 | Narayan Shripad Rajhans, alias Bal Gandharva, went into a coma in Bombay and never regained his consciousness. |
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