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Historical Event on 9/28/1985

The first Indian Army expedition, sailing around the world in a small 37 feet fibre glass yacht named ""Trishna"", sailed off from Bombay. (10-1-87).

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/23/1994Last day of Test cricket for Kapil Dev.
3/26/1987Hyderabad beat Delhi on first innings to win the Ranji Trophy.
5/7/1994Dr. S.P. Tripathy, Director-General of ICMR, retired after 32 years of distinguished service in the ICMR, and Dr. G.V. Satyavati took over as the new Director-General of ICMR in July 1994. She became the first woman scientist in the country to head not only ICMR but any Research agency in independent India.
2/2/1996Doordarshan Kendra was inagurated at Port Blair.
11/18/1972Tiger was adopted as India's 'National Animal'
4/29/1909Tukdoji Maharaj, social reformer, modern Saint and poet, was born at Yavli in Amravati district, Maharashtra.
4/28/1848Utkal Gourab Madhusudan Das was born in Calcutta district in Orissa.
10/6/1998Railways wins the BOB-Senior National Hockey championship for women defeating Haryana in the final at Chennai.
2/13/1994Troops moved to Uttar Pradesh to quell caste violence.
10/24/1995A total eclipse of the sun witnessed from India to Vietnam.