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Historical Event on 10/28/1998
The 1998 Swarna Jayanti Fellowship Award is presented to 11 young scientists.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/17/1839 | Lord William Bentik, governor general of India, was born. |
| 2/21/1991 | Nutan, famous film actress, died at the age of 56 years. |
| 10/17/1996 | President's rule reimposed in U.P. |
| 6/3/1947 | Evening newspaper 'Jay Hind' published. |
| 4/4/1905 | More than 10,000 people are feared to have perished in an earthquake that hit the northeast Indian province of Lahore during the night. The town of Dharmsala was almost completely razed to the ground with the entire population rendered homeless and sleeping out in icy conditions. Five hundred Gurkha soldiers were buried alive when their stonebuilt barracks collapsed on them. The towns of Kangra and Palampur have also been leveled to the ground by the worst natural disaster measured at 8 on Ricter Scale. In Lahore, 70 Hindus were killed, Muslim inhabitants were parading in the streets, weeping and offering up prayers with ceremonial rites. Several British administrators and missionaries were known to have been killed or injured. At Simla, Lady Curzon, wife of the Viceroy, had a close escape from death when a chimney crashed into the room in which she was sleeping. |
| 4/4/1905 | Saint Gyaneshwar passed away. (Samadhee). |
| 3/9/1966 | India yields to Sikh demand for Punjab-speaking state. |
| 9/28/1954 | 137 people were killed when an Express Train fell from a flood-damaged bridge near East of Hydrabad. |
| 12/20/1999 | Win Chadha ready to come to India to face trial in the Bofors case. |
| 3/16/1966 | Judge Amal Kumar Sarkar became the Chief Justice of India. He held this office till 29/06/1966. |
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