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Historical Event on 5/28/1903
Shantanu L. Kirloskar, great industrialist, was born at Sholapur (Maharashtra).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/11/1888 | Asaf Ali, lawyer, nationalist, writer and connoisseur of music and arts, was born. |
| 12/22/1853 | Saradamoni Devi was born in Jairambati of Hooghly district. |
| 9/30/1996 | PVN Rao, who was to appear in court in the Pathak cheating case, gets a reprieve |
| 9/26/1923 | Dev Anand, film producer, director and actor, was born. |
| 10/28/1984 | Federal agents early this morning caught Guru Shree Rajneesh trying to flee the country. Rajneesh was charged with violating immigration laws and arranging phoney marriages for his cult members. The religious leader was nabbed at Charlotte, North Carolina airport when his jet, bound for Bermuda, touched down for re-fueling. The Bhagwan ran a commune of about 1,500 people in Oregon. Thousands more cult members live in Rajneesh's native land India and other countries. He knew the federal government had no faith in him after his chief adviser, a woman named Ma Anand Sheela, was arrested in West Germany for several minor offenses. Rajneesh appeared in court on this date clad in a lavender robe. |
| 3/3/1921 | Ahmed Gulsher, freedom fighter and politician, was born at Satna (M.P). |
| 7/14/1636 | Aurangzeb was appointed as Shahjahan by Viceroy of Deccan. |
| 1/1/1992 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Space Year"". |
| 8/21/2000 | Uma Bharti, the sanyasin Member of Parliament of the BJP, resigns from the Lok Sabha and the party's national executive comittee. |
| 4/11/1984 | Soyuz T-11 returns to Earth which carried 3 cosmonauts including the first Indian Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma, to Salyut 7. |
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