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Historical Event on 1/28/1894

Anandibai Prabhakar Jayawant, famous Hindi writer, was born at Baroda.

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9/16/1931Political prisoners Tarkeshwar Dutta and Santosh Mitra were shot by an officer at Hijli detention camp near Kharagpur. They were arrested for attending the Hijli meeting.
6/15/1947All-India Congress accepts British plan for partition of India in New Delhi.
5/16/1911Pumping Station of Calcutta was commissioned at Tallah.
2/7/1954The present cres: the motto ""Shastra Se Shakti"" was adopted. In 1989, Hindi lettering of ""Shastra Se Shakti"" was adopted.
2/14/1901King Edward VII open's his first parliament.