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Historical Event on 8/28/1928
Mambillikalathil Govind Kumar Menon, noted physicist and scientific advisor to the Prime Minister, was born at Mangalore in Karnataka.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/30/1930 | George Fernandes, worker's leader and politician, was born. |
| 2/9/1951 | The first census of free India of enumeration work was started. |
| 8/18/1891 | Jain Muni Mishrimalji, poet, social reformer and orator, was born at Pali, Rajasthan. |
| 7/28/1921 | Congress decided to boycott the visit of Prince of Wales in India. |
| 1/1/1965 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""Year of International Co-operation"". |
| 2/2/1814 | Calcutta Museum was established. It was a part of the Asiatic Society at a suggestion of a Danish surgeon Dr. Nathaniel Wallich, who was its first Director also. |
| 11/1/1973 | Lakshdeep Minikai and Amin Divi were renamed as Lakshadweep, and Masker (Mysore) state renamed as Karnataka. |
| 8/5/1604 | John Eliot, ""Apostle to Indians,"" Bible translator, baptized. |
| 2/20/1868 | Sisir Kumar, Basanta Kumar and Hemanta Kumar, three brothers, first published the 'Amrita Bazar Partika', a weekly issue in Bengali. |
| 7/25/1813 | First boat race started at Calcutta on the Hooghly river where seven sailing boats had competed. |
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