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Historical Event on 8/28/1928
Mambillikalathil Govind Kumar Menon, noted physicist and scientific advisor to the Prime Minister, was born at Mangalore in Karnataka.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/15/1912 | Aspy Merwan, engineer and who became the Air Marchal of India, was born. |
| 4/26/1946 | V. K. Ramaswamy, cricket test umpire for 10 tests from 1984-till date, was born at Hyderabad. He has become one of the first Indian Test umpires to be invited to umpire in a foreign country along with P. D. Reporter. |
| 6/20/1957 | Govindrao Burhanpurkar, famous harmonium player, died. |
| 3/5/1919 | M.L. Kapoor, great industrialist, was born at Lahore. |
| 7/2/1926 | Ram Sewak Yadav, social reformer, politician and leader, was born in Tala Village, Uttar Pradesh. |
| 10/3/1988 | Lebanese kidnappers release Mithileshwar Singh after 30 months of being held captive. |
| 11/16/1962 | Chinese troops launch a major offensive in the frontier war. |
| 2/25/1910 | Dalai Lama, Tibeten monk, flees from Chinese troops and takes refuge in India. |
| 4/13/1997 | Paes-Bhupathi corner doubles glory in the Gold Flake Open tennis in Chennai. |
| 7/5/1901 | B. N. Sircar, producer and founder of International Film Craft and New Theaters Ltd., Calcutta was born at Bhagalpur. His films are Boker Bojha, Chorekanta, Chasar Meye (1931). |
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