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Historical Event on 12/28/1977

Sumitranandan Pant, famous Hindi poet and literaeur, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/25/1947Kashmir accedes to Indian Union.
7/9/199517 Indian mountaineers peaked Jogambha in the Garhwal Himalayas.
12/8/1942Hemant Shamsunder Kanitkar, cricketer (batted in two Tests India v WI 1974), was born in Amravati, Maharashtra.
12/6/1756British troops under Robert Clive occupy Fulta India.
11/8/2000India wins the men's team title in the World Carrom championship in New Delhi.
5/19/2000A `civil coup' in Fiji ousts the first ethnic Indian Prime Minister Mahendra Pal Choudhary. President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara proclaims a state of emergency.
2/15/1976The Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering (CIAE) was established at Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi.
3/16/1912Gandhiji commends Gokhale's attempts for abolition of indenture system.
3/16/1912Amir Timur left Delhi. He took the title 'Emperor of India' and recrossed the Indus on March 11.
12/24/2000Viswanathan Anand becomes the first Asian to win a world chess title in the world chess championship in Taheran.