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Historical Event on 10/28/1999
The Delhi High Court stays TRAI's plan to introduce free incoming calls on mobile phones from November 1.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/17/1992 | R. Venkataraman, President, leaves for a six-day visit to China. |
| 10/2/1979 | Operation (Milk) Flood-II launched. |
| 4/4/1905 | More than 10,000 people are feared to have perished in an earthquake that hit the northeast Indian province of Lahore during the night. The town of Dharmsala was almost completely razed to the ground with the entire population rendered homeless and sleeping out in icy conditions. Five hundred Gurkha soldiers were buried alive when their stonebuilt barracks collapsed on them. The towns of Kangra and Palampur have also been leveled to the ground by the worst natural disaster measured at 8 on Ricter Scale. In Lahore, 70 Hindus were killed, Muslim inhabitants were parading in the streets, weeping and offering up prayers with ceremonial rites. Several British administrators and missionaries were known to have been killed or injured. At Simla, Lady Curzon, wife of the Viceroy, had a close escape from death when a chimney crashed into the room in which she was sleeping. |
| 12/1/1921 | Des Raj Kalia, great librarian, was born at Fazilka, Punjab. |
| 7/29/1995 | Anup Jalota, famous Bhajan and Ghazal singer, was born. |
| 9/8/1790 | Lord Edward Alanbaro, Governor General of India (1842 to 1844), was born. |
| 7/14/1656 | Guru Har Kishan, the eight Sikh, was born. |
| 5/6/1971 | D. Sen became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 29/03/77). |
| 8/10/1948 | Atomic Energy Commission established. |
| 6/18/1917 | Lachhmansingh Gill, famous politician and former chief minister, was born. |
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