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1821, 28th July: Peru gained independence from Spain
1914, 28th July: On this day, the First World War started
1933, 28th July: Andorra joined the United Nations
1934, 28th July: Pt Madan Mohan Malviya and Bapuji Ane formed the Congress Nationalist Party
1943, 28th July: World War II: Operation Gomorrah – The Royal Air Force bombed Hamburg, Germany causing a firestorm that killed 42,000 German civilians
1976, 28th July: A magnitude 78 to 82 earthquake shook the region of Tangshan in China 2,42,769 were killed and 1,64,851 were injured
1979, 28th July: Appointment of Chaudhary Charan Singh as the 5th Prime Minister of India
2001, 28th July: Assamese writer Indira Goswami received the Jnanpith Award
On this Day Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on July 28
1907: A V Meiyappan, an Indian film producer, director, and philanthropist
1909: Kasu Brahmananda Reddy, the former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, India
1925: Baruch Samuel Blumberg, an American physician, geneticist, and inventor of the hepatitis B virus
1986: Dulquer Salmaan, an Indian film actor, playback singer, and film producer
On this Day Death Anniversaries of famous people on July 28
1794: Maximilien Robespierre, a French lawyer, and statesman
1972: Charu Majumdar, a Marxist-Leninist from India
1975: Raja Thakur, an Indian film director
2016: Lachhu Maharaj, an Indian Tabla Player of Banaras Gharana
2020: Raavi Kondala Rao, an Indian film actor, playwright, theatre artist, journalist, editor, producer, director, and writer
What happened in India on 28 July
28-July-1872
Albert P Sarraut, French Governor General of Indo-China (1911..19)/PM (1933/36), was born.
28-July-1909
Brahmanand Reddi Kasu, politician, was born at Madras.
28-July-1912
Ramchandra Gondo Ginde, famous neuro surgeon, was born.
28-July-1914
Japanese boat ‘Kamagata Maru’ was compelled to deport to India from Vancouver, Canada. The ship was boarded with active freedom fighters who were against the British Government.
28-July-1921
Congress decided to boycott the visit of Prince of Wales in India.
28-July-1921
The All-India Congress Party votes to boycott a forthcoming visit by the Prince of Wales and urges a boycott of imported cloth.
28-July-1924
Many deaths were reported and several villages were destroyed due to floods in the south.
28-July-1939
Tarun Ram Phookun, great lawyer, orator, eminent writer and President of the Assam Chhatra Sammelan in 1928, passed away.
28-July-1946
Sister Alphonsa, good teacher and social worker, died at Bharananganam.
28-July-1972
India and Pakistan sign Simla Pact, settling border dispute in Kashmir.
28-July-1989
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed was disqualified from Rajya Sabha. It was the first case of such disqualification from the House under anti-defection law.
28-July-1994
Sudhakarrao Naik, G. Ramanujam and O. N. Srivastava appointed Governors.
28-July-1994
Uproar in Parliament over the Government’s rejection of JPC report.
28-July-1997
Calling and holding of bandhs by political parties and other associations or organisations declared ‘Illegal and unconstitutional’ by a Full Bench of the Kerala High Court.
28-July-1997
12 persons are killed and 69 injured as New Delhi-bound Karnataka Express rams Himsagar Express at Old Faridabad station level-crossing in Haryana.
28-July-1999
Shiv Sena president Bal Thackeray is banned from voting and contesting in any election for six years from December 11, 1995 on the recommendations of the Election Commission.