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Historical Event on 9/28/1940

Pundit Sunder Lal Sharma, freedom fighter and social reformer, passed away. He was also known as ""The Chhattisgarh Gandhi"".

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/26/1990V. Shantaram, veteran film producer, director and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, died at the age of 90 years in Bombay.
1/14/1882Maharshi Raghunath Dhondo Karve, father of Family Planning and Sex Education, was born.
1/5/1869Venkatesh Tirko Kulkarni, famous Kannad novelist 'Galagnath', was born.
7/1/1989New Governors were appointed in five states. Gen. K. V. Krishna Rao became Governor for J&K.
2/3/1925First Electric Train started its journey from Bombay V. T. (presently known as C.S.T.) to Kurla. This train was on the Central Railway, Bombay.
10/31/1999Dr. S. S. Badrinath gets Dhanvantari Award.
1/22/2000India retains the golf title in the SAARC championship in Dhaka.
7/7/1905Six Language penel were started on the Rs. five denomination again. The printing colour of note changed to Red with Special text mentioned, 'At any office of issue not situated in Burma'.
1/11/1958Two lakh Indians in East Pakistan were rounded up and lodged in concentration camps.
7/22/1918During the First World War, India's first fighter pilot Indra Lal Rai's plane was shot down in battle by Germans planes near London. Rai had fought for Britisher's Force.