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Historical Event on 8/28/1904

First car rally between Calcutta to Barakpur held.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/19/1998Tremors measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale rocked Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.
8/16/1886Swami Ramakrishna Paramahamsa dies at the age of 50. His real name was Gadadhar Ghatterji. An Indian mystic, leader and saint, he preached unity of religions. Swami Vivekanand was his disciple.
11/27/1907Harivanshrai Bachchan, famous Hindi writer and poet, was born at Allahabad.
6/30/1981President's rule imposed in Assam.
2/8/1967Indira Gandhi was hit in face by a stone while addressing crowd.
12/28/1972C. Rajagopalachari, the only Indian Governor General, died.
2/13/1719Jahandar Shah was strangled to death and the Sayyid brothers were killed soon after.
1/11/1993Communal violence in Bombay and Ahmedabad spreads; By-elections postponed.
12/11/19676.5 earthquake in West India, 170 killed.
5/29/1953Mount Everest conquered by Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay.