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Historical Event on 5/28/1907

Purohit Dingambar Vinayak (Nanasaheb), leader in Maharashtra, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/9/1941Syed Abid Ali, great Indian medium pace-bowler and all-rounder, was born at Hyderabad.
3/23/1962Nawab of Pataudi captains Indian cricket team vs WI at the age of 21 years 77 days.
10/6/1935Jeevan D. Ghosh, cricket Test umpire from 1978-91, was born in Bengal. He has the distinction of having the longest umpiring career of 32 years in India.
1/22/1965Plutonium Project (Sanyantra) was inaugurated at Trombay, Mumbai.
4/10/1982Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1A) launched. First operational multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite procured from U.S.A.(Cape Canaveral).
7/15/1948Establishment of 'PEPS' (Patiyala and East Punjab States Union).
3/28/1986Extremist Sikhs kill 13 Hindus in Ludhiana, India.
10/1/1993The IAF joined in peace keeping duties in Somalia as part of the Indian contingent supporting UN operations.
1/1/1880Money order system was introduced.
1/10/1897Wildemar Modecai Haffkine, famous scientist, innoculated himself with vaccine against Plague publicly to demonstrate the harmlessness of the product in Bombay. The method of preparation of this vaccine has remained the same till now for more then hundred years.