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Historical Event on 9/28/1996

Sukh Ram sent to Tihar jail in assets case.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/18/199112 LTTE militants commit suicide.
5/18/1966Panchanan Maheshwari, great Indian scientist of botany, passed away. He studied the morphology, anatomy and embryology of some angiosperms, the class of plants which produce flowers. He discovered species of plants like ""Panchanania Jaipuriensis and Isoeted Panchananil."" He wrote two authoritative books, 'An Introduction to the Embryology of Angiosperms' & 'Recent Advances in Embryology on Angiosperms'. In 1951, he founded the International Society of plant Morphologists.
5/25/19415,000 drown in a storm at Ganges Delta region in India.
8/5/1950Gopinath Bardoloi, architect of modern Assam, freedom fighter and leader, passed away.
2/25/1982J. K. Irani, cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests for India 1947-48), passed away.
11/17/1915Vishnu Gopal Pingle was hanged for revolting against the Indian Army in Talegaon prison of Pune.
7/13/1907Hari Vishnu Kamat, great politician, was born.
11/22/1999V. S. Rama Devi and Vishnu Kant Shastri appointed the new Governors of Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh.
8/18/1891Jain Muni Mishrimalji, poet, social reformer and orator, was born at Pali, Rajasthan.
1/2/1987Dr. Harekrushna Mahtab, great industrialist, leader and former Chief Minister of Orissa, died.