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Historical Event on 8/28/1733

Sekhoji (Jaysingrao) Angre, famous naval officer of Maratha navy, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/10/1839Tea from India first arrives in UK.
6/1/1970Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act was enforced. This act was passed in 1969.
11/17/1994Dr. Harbhajan Singh, Punjabi poet, wins Saraswati Samman.
7/29/1983First Pilot-less Aeroplane of India was tested successfully by the Aeronautical Development Establishment near Kolar.
5/3/1977Hamid Dalwai, father of Muslim Satyashodhak Mandal in Maharashtra, passed away.
7/5/1984Indian Airlines airbus hijacked, lands in Lahore.
5/4/1957Rai Chaudhary Hemchandra, great historian, passed away.
6/13/1909E. M. S. Namboodiripad was born in Palghat in Kerala.
3/13/1878The Vernacular Press Act was passed which subsequently made the Amrita Bazar Patrika of Calcutta an English newspaper.
5/8/1992Gul Mahomed, cricketer (8 Tests for India & one for Pakistan), passed away.