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Historical Event on 12/28/1974

Pandit Hiralal Shastri, great social worker, leader and first Chief Minister of Rajasthan State, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/30/1991BJP election manifesto promises Presidential form of government.
2/28/1884Veer Surendra Sai, freedom fighter and revolutionary, passed away.
1/6/1989Satwant Singh (24) and Kehar Singh (54) executed for the murder case of Smt. Indira Gandhi in Tihar Jail at New Delhi.
1/16/1901Mahadeo Govind Ranade, eminent social worker and thinker, passed away.
9/4/19676.5 earthquake at Koyna Dam in Maharashtra kills 200 people.
9/4/1967Battle of Krisna was fought between two villages Rakshasi and Tangadi.
4/30/1998Anna Hazare, social worker, was awarded the CARE International humanitarian award for 1998.
12/21/1956The Hindu Adoption Sub-Act 1956 was accepted.
12/21/1956Amir Timur of Timur Lang invaded India with 92 squadrons of horses and 90,000 cavalry and reached the banks of Sindhu river near Atak city (now in Pakistan). He then attacked Delhi because its Muslim Sultanate was too tolerant of Hindu idolatry. A Mongolian follower of Sufism, he was one of the most ruthless of all conquerors. Timur crossed the Indus River at Attock (now in Pakistan) on 24 September 1398.
8/19/1946Cabinet Mission's plan announced an interim government, which was formed by reconstituting the Viceroy's Executive Council. The Muslim League took umbrage and started direct action. Riots broke out as Muslims attacked Hindu's in Calcutta and the rest of Bengal. The Viceroy persuaded the Muslim League to join the government. But the League declined to join the Constituent Assembly unless the demand for a seperate state of ""Pakistan"" was conceded.