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Historical Event on 4/28/1992

Vinayak Krishna Gokak, famous Kannad poet and Gyanpeeth Awardee, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/11/1861Brahma Bandhav Upadhyay was born in Khanyan village of Bengal.
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4/12/1967Judge Kailas Nath Wanchoo became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 24/02/1968.
12/17/1959Pattabhi Sitaramayya, president of Indian National Congress and politician, died at the age of 78.
10/6/1999Sonia Gandhi, Congress(I) president, won the Bellary Lok Sabha seat defeating her BJP rival Sushma Swaraj by a margin of 56,100 votes.
11/10/1909Gandhiji replies to Tolstoy, sends his biography by Doke.
7/12/1920Siddharthacharry V, educationist and diplomat, was born at Mysore.
3/4/1961First Indian aircraft carrier naval fighter vessel ''I.N.S. Vikrant'' was commissioned in Belfast.
8/1/1955Arun Lal, cricketer (Indian batsman in sixteen Tests 1982-89), was born in Moradabad, U.P.