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Historical Event on 9/28/1985

The first Indian Army expedition, sailing around the world in a small 37 feet fibre glass yacht named ""Trishna"", sailed off from Bombay. (10-1-87).

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/3/1908Shreyansprasad Jain, famous industrialist, was born.
6/18/1993Sunil Mittal, businessman, denies getting any money from Harshad Mehta.
9/8/1990Mother Teresa re-elected head of Missionaries of Charity.
6/1/1993Premkumar Sharma, MLA of Bhartiya Janata Party, was assassinated.
7/19/1965Batukeshwar Dutt, great revolutionary, passed away.
4/25/1969Invalappil Mani Vijayan (or better known as IM Vijayan), Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Trissur, Kerala. He was recognised as Indian Player of the Year in 1993, 1997, 1999. He scored the fastest ever International goal against Bhutan at the SAF Games '99, scoring after just 12 seconds.
12/10/1918Rowlatt Act introduced by Lord Chelmsford.
7/15/1955Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was announced to be given to Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964) by the President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad.
6/6/1891Vanktesh Iyengar Masti, famous Kannad poet, story writer, novelist, playwright and critic, was born.
5/29/1991P.V. Narasimha Rao elected President of Congress (I).