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Historical Event on 7/28/1972

India and Pakistan sign Simla Pact, settling border dispute in Kashmir.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/31/1990Charan Singh Rathi at New Delhi sets record for 20 km W. in 1.25.48\_\_.
11/21/1985Ramnath Kenny, cricketer (5 Tests for India 1958-60), passed away.
2/28/1988Jaydev, famous music director, passed away.
8/25/1992Veerappa Moily, Karnataka minister, stripped of Education portfolio.
1/28/1902Gandhiji left for Rangoon visit. Stays for a month with Gokhale at Calcutta. Returns to Rajkot and settles down to practise.
3/18/1922Mohandas K. Gandhi ""Mahatma,"" the great spirit, sentenced by British authorities to six years in prison for sedition at Sabarmati. Gandhi was sentenced just eight days after he was arrested. The British acted hastily after government officials in London and India were criticized for not arresting him sooner. In London, the Secretary of State for India was forced to resign because of the controversy over Gandhi. In India, the arrests of Gandhi and other Indian nationalists had only increased sympathy for their cause.
5/15/1998The Indian Army at Chandilora (Tangmey) captured 15 kg charas, 400 gm dust of charas and 12 kg leaves of charas.
3/1/1914Minto Gilbert Jhon Alieat, former viceroy of India, passed away.
10/30/1977Demonstrators and police clash in Madras as Indira Gandhi tours the country.
3/31/1942During the 2nd World War, Japan was heavily successful in Burma and Andaman which posted a danger to the Indian Security.