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Historical Event on 8/28/1879

Battle at Ulundi, Lord Chelmsford beats king Cetshwayo's Zuluz.

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7/22/1987A.G. Kripal Singh, 14 Tests for India and one century on debut, passed away.
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10/2/1869Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) born to a Bania (trading caste) family at Porbander, Kathiawar. He was the youngest of the three sons of Karamchand alias Kaba Gandhi, Prime Minister successively in Porbunder, Rajkot and Vankaner States, and his fourth wife Putlibai.
3/30/1988Tamil Nadu beat Railways by an innings and 144 runs to win Ranji Trophy.
1/19/1931The first Round Table Conference held in London ended. This conference was attended by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar also.
3/2/1990DMK Front to form government in Pondicherry and Congress (I) in Maharashtra.
2/24/1994Sharp increase in freight rates in the 1994-95 Railway budget; Pre-budget Economic Survey puts GDP growth in 1993-94 at 3.8\%.
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