28 JUN HISTORY TODAY

Today in Indian History
Events for June 28

28-June-1787	Sir Henry G W Smith, leader of British-Indian forces, was born.
28-June-1857	Nana Sahib proclaimed himself as the Peshwa and called for the total extermination of the British power of India at Bithoor.
28-June-1883	Shivprasad Gupta, social reformer, politician, leader, philanthropist, freedom fighter and educationist, was born at Varanasi.
28-June-1921	Sahityaratna P. V. Narsingh Rao, former Prime Minister of India, was born.
28-June-1924	Jamshedji Framji Madan ( J. F. Madan ), founder of Madan & Co. and Parsi Theatrical Company, passed away on June 28 at Calcutta.
28-June-1928	Baburao Sadvelkar, famous painter, was born.
28-June-1972	Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis died. He was the first founder of Indian statistical Institute to receive world recognition. In 1958, he started his national sample surveys. A Sample survey means assessing a situation by studying a part of it which would represent the whole, some of his proposals were included in the second five year paln. His original work made him elected as fellow of the Royal society in 1945.
28-June-1975	Netherlands gives independence to Dutch Guyana, which becomes Suriname; one third of Hindus (descendants of Indian plantation workers) emigrate to Netherlands for better social and economic conditions.
28-June-1975	As a response to anti-government demonstrations, India imposes the toughest press censorship since independence.
28-June-1986	Accord with Mizo National Front; Lal Denga to be the chief minister of Mizoram.
28-June-1986	Union Government sanctions maternity leave for unmarried women employees too.
28-June-1991	K. Doraiswamy, a senior executive of the Indian Oil Corporation, was kidnapped by Kashmir ultras.
28-June-1993	A multi-millionaire industrialist, main financier of smuggler Veerappan,and 6 Veerappan-men arrested.
28-June-1995	Madhya Pradesh in central India is designated a `tiger state' to protect the animal from poachers and settlers.
28-June-1996	India opens its office (based in Gaza city) in the area under the Palestinian Authority.