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Historical Event on 12/28/1688
Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb demolishes all temples (around 1,000) in Mathura. (During their reign, Muslim rulers had destroyed roughly 60,000 Hindu temples throughout India, constructing mosques on 3,000 sites).
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| 7/25/1977 | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy became the sixth President of India. His held this office till July 25, 1982. |
| 1/2/1967 | University established at Berhampur in Orrisa State. |
| 12/10/1993 | The residence of Mahatma Phule was declared a national monument. |
| 2/1/1976 | Air Marshal Hrushikesh Moolgavkar PVSM, MVC, became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/Aug/1978. |
| 2/1/1976 | Vasco De Gama departed with his fleet from Lisbon Harbour for a trip to India . |
| 6/17/1903 | Jyotiprasad Agarwal, Assamia playwright, poet and music director, was born. |
| 5/9/1992 | Killer brew claims 175 lives in Orissa, Excise Minister Prasanna Kumar Acharya resigns. |
| 5/6/1775 | Nanda Kumar, king of Calcutta, was arrested. |
| 8/13/1988 | Gajanan Jagirdar, great actor and director in Indian film industry, died. |
| 11/9/1977 | Keshavrao Bhole, great music director, passed away. |
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