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Historical Event on 12/28/1952

Arun Jaitley, son of Maharaj Kishan Jaitley, was born in New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/3/1997Jayalalitha, former Tamil Nadu CM, inprisoned for 27 days, released on bail.
12/3/1979Dhyan Chand, famous master of Hockey and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away.
10/29/1961New All India Muslim League was established.
3/24/1944Manmohan Singh, famous economist and Finance Minister of India, was born.
7/31/1952Bela Mitra, commander of ""Nari Vahini"" and activist of ""Azad Hind Fauj"", passed away. She also worked as partition refugee.
5/22/1989IRBM 'Agni' Missile launched successfully from Chandipur, Orissa.
2/25/1982J. K. Irani, cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests for India 1947-48), passed away.
2/18/1993Phoolan Devi, the legendary Bandit Queen, was released after 11 years in jail. A heroine to many low-caste Indians, she was born into the Mallah caste of fishermen, close to the bottom of India's rigid social scale, and became a bandit after she was gang-raped. She led her rural band in robbing and killing upper-caste Thakurs in revenge for the murder of her lover and acquired a Robin Hood image. The Rebel of the Ravines siad, ""I shall work for the upliftment of the women and downtrodden"".
5/27/1964Gulzarilal Nanda was entrusted the responsibility as Acting Prime Minster of India. He held this office till June 9, 1964. He is till date the only Acting Prime Minster of India.
9/22/1992Indo-British Extradition Treaty signed in London.