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Historical Event on 8/28/1896
Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar, great musician and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Chembai in Kerala.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/22/1933 | M.V.Nagendra, cricket test umpire for 11 tests from 1963-77, was born at Karnataka. |
| 11/1/1966 | Haryana state was created from Punjab, and Chandigarh was declared as the Union Territory and capital of both Punjab and Haryana. |
| 9/1/1999 | Dr. S. Srinivasan (58), Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in Thiruvananthapuram, died. |
| 8/8/1940 | Dilip Narayan Sardesai, cricketer (high scoring Indian batsman of sixties), was born in Margao, Goa. He has received Arjun Award (1970). |
| 1/7/1993 | The union govt. acquires 67.703 acres of land in and around the disputed area at Ayodhya and refers the issue to the Supreme Court. |
| 4/12/1942 | Nehru pledges 'no surrender' to the Axis despite the rejection of Britain's plans at New Delhi. |
| 8/10/1901 | Narayan Pillai Gopala Pillai, great poet and educationist, was born in Quilon, Kerala. |
| 9/4/1993 | New Bank of India merged with Punjab National Bank. |
| 8/11/1961 | Dadra and Nagar Haweli declared as Union Territory States. |
| 9/17/1948 | The Nizam of Hyderabad, in a broadcast, announced ceasefire to his troops and accession into Indian Union, which was settled earlier to the announcement. |
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