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Historical Event on 5/28/1883
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar ""Veer Savarkar"", great freedom fighter, social reformer, politician and writer, was born at Bhagur village near Nasik.
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| 6/12/1960 | 783 Sikhs are arrested while demonstrating for an independent Sikh state in New Delhi. |
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| 8/17/1997 | Leander-Mahesh duo wins International ATP doubles in Connecticut. |
| 12/20/1999 | Win Chadha ready to come to India to face trial in the Bofors case. |
| 10/1/1932 | Indian Milatary Academy became functional with Brigadier LP Collins, DSO, OBE as the Commandant. The first course of 40 GCs had on its rolls Sam Manekshaw, Smith Dun and Mohd Musa, later to be Chiefs of the armies of their respective countries, i.e. India, Burma (now Myanmar) and Pakistan. This training was for a period of two and a half years. |
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