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Historical Event on 1/28/1976
Erapalli Prasanna takes 8-76 to rip through New Zealand at Eden Park.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/24/1999 | The Chief Controller of Defence Accounts (pensions) was renamed as the Principal Controller of Defence Accounts(Pensions), Allahabad. |
| 9/27/1995 | Cellular phone service operates for the first time in Delhi. |
| 10/17/1999 | Dingko Singh won the bantam weight gold while Services' Ramanand was adjudged the best boxer in the National Boxing championship which concluded in Shimla. |
| 4/4/1999 | India routed China 5-0 in the Davis Cup Asia Oceania Group I second round play-off in Calcutta. |
| 3/20/1920 | Usha Mehta, freedom fighter, was born at Satara. Her name is closely attached with freedom movement via Bombay Radio, as she and Babubhai Prasad and Vitthalbhai Zaveri founded this Radio and started motivating people of India with their telecasts. |
| 11/16/1995 | The Pension scheme ordinance for 18 million Provident Fund subscribers takes effect with an initial corpus of Rs. 85.00 billion. |
| 6/23/1911 | King George V was today crowned ""King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the seas, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India,"" at Westminster Abbey in a ceremony evoking the continuity and tradition of the British monarchy magnificent spectacle. Thousands of spectators crowded the streets for hours, hoping to catch a glimpse of the royal procession. Partition of Bengal notified to create the Presidency of Bengal. The Imperial capital shifted from Calcutta to Delhi. |
| 5/29/1933 | Kishorilal Goswami, famous Hindi novelist, passed away. |
| 8/8/1968 | Abey Kuruvila, cricketer (promising Bombay fast bowler), was born in Mannar. |
| 9/18/2000 | President K. R. Narayanan presents the Dada Saheb Phalke award for the year 1999 to film maker Hrishikesh Mukherjee. |
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