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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
| 1/28/1846 |
British forcibly separate Kashmir from the Sikhs and sell it to the Maharaja of Jammu for 1,000,000 pounds after the Battle of Allwal. |
| 1/28/1853 |
Jose Marti, great author and politician, was born at Cuba. |
| 1/28/1865 |
Lala Lajpat Rai 'Punjab Kesari', great valiant freedom fighter, social reformer, humanitarian and lawyer, was born in Dhudike village of Ferozepur district, Punjab. |
| 1/28/1877 |
Pulin Bihari Das, revolutionary journalist, passed away. |
| 1/28/1894 |
Anandibai Prabhakar Jayawant, famous Hindi writer, was born at Baroda. |
| 1/28/1895 |
Shankarrao Dattatray Dev, veteran Congress leader, Gandhian and Sarvoday leader, was born. |
| 1/28/1898 |
Nivedita, an Irish lady of Scottish descent, came to India. |
| 1/28/1900 |
General K.M. Cariappa, first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army, was born at Sanivara, Santhai (Coorg). |
| 1/28/1902 |
Gandhiji left for Rangoon visit. Stays for a month with Gokhale at Calcutta. Returns to Rajkot and settles down to practise. |
| 1/28/1911 |
The famous Hope diamond, once worn by Marie Antoinette, was bought tonight for over $300,000 by Ned McLean, son of John McLean. Mrs. McLean wore it as a head ornament, guarded by a former Secret Service man who in turn was guarded by two private detectives. Walnut-sized and exquisitely blue in color, the 44.5-carat stone stems from India. Its owners included Louis XIV, Louis XVI, and a London banker named Hope. A sinister history of ill luck, madness, and violent death clings to the unique gem. |
| 1/28/1925 |
Raja Ramanna, fourth President of Indian Atomic Energy Commission, was born. |
| 1/28/1933 |
India in Waldorf Hotel in London read out a four and a half page note in Cambridge. |
| 1/28/1937 |
Suman Kalyanpurkar, famous singer, was born. |
| 1/28/1950 |
Supreme Court of India was inaugurated. |
| 1/28/1951 |
Kashmir issue taken up in UN security council. |
| 1/28/1961 |
Foundation-stone of the first factory of H.M.T. wrist watches laid in Bangalore. |
| 1/28/1976 |
Erapalli Prasanna takes 8-76 to rip through New Zealand at Eden Park. |
| 1/28/1984 |
Dozen's of Sikh Militants arrested in India's troubled Punjab State after terrorists killed 3 people and injured 31 in grenade attack. |
| 1/28/1984 |
Sohrab Meherwanji Modi, famous drama and film producer, director and actor, passed away. |
| 1/28/1992 |
Umanath Vachaspati, Magsesey Award winner, passed away. |
| 1/28/1996 |
Dev Kanta Baruah, first President of former Congress, passed away at New Delhi at the age of 82. |
| 1/28/1998 |
All 26 accused, who stood trial in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, were sentenced to death. A designated Judge of the TADA court in Chennai found them guilty. |
| 1/28/1999 |
Central Zone won the Deodhar Trophy, defeating South in their final in Agartala. |
| 1/28/2000 |
Indian junior cricket team wins the Youth cricket World Cup. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/16/1952 | Pakistan's first Test vs India starts at Delhi. |
| 8/7/1905 | Indian National Congress declared to boycott the British goods for the first time against Bengal partition, and also advocated to buy ' Swadeshi. |
| 12/7/1998 | A. B. Vajpayee questions Pakistan's decision to hand over part of occupied Kashmir to China and says the area belongs to India. |
| 6/25/1992 | BJP bags eleven seats in the biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha, Congress (I) secures seven. |
| 1/14/1851 | Peshwa Bajirao Raghunath, last Peshwa of Marathas, passed away at Brahmawart. |
| 10/28/1928 | M.G.K. Menon, Physics expert, was born. |
| 2/16/1932 | Sibnath Banerjee, trade union movement leader, passed away. He founded several organisation like Congress Socialist Party, A.I.T.U.C. and Hind Mazdoor Sabha, etc. |
| 3/22/2000 | India's first third generation satellite 'Insat-3B' put in orbit by Europe's latest Ariane-5 rocket from Kourou in French Guyana. |
| 8/3/1970 | Chonira Beliappa Muthamma, first women career diplomat, appointed ambassador to Hungary. |
| 10/3/1880 | Sakuntal Sangeet held in Anandodbhav Auditorium in Pune. Annasaheb Kirloskar presented the first musical play in Marathi. |
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