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Historical Event on 1/28/1961

Foundation-stone of the first factory of H.M.T. wrist watches laid in Bangalore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/30/1987Rajiv Gandhi escaped an attack on him at Colombo.
6/11/1999India provided incontrovertible tape evidence of Pakistan's involvement in the Kargil sector. The Indian army killed 23 intruders in the Batalik and Dras sectors but lost 15 of its men.
2/5/1992D.D. Lapang takes over as the new CM of Meghalaya.
8/4/1997Nilesh Kulkarni becomes the first Indian to take a wicket with his first ball in Test Cricket (Colombo).
12/16/1867Amy Carmichael, Scotch Irish missionary, was born. She went to India in 1895 under the Zenana Missionary Society, remaining there without furlough until her death 56 years later. An invalid during her last 20 years, she worked to rescue children from the Hindus.
11/22/1773Robert Clive, English occupier (India), passed away at the age of 48.
4/15/1919Arjan Singh, Air Chief Marshal and Padma Vibhushan, DFC, was born in Lyalpur.
6/5/1996Kubernath Rai, well known writer, passed away.
7/12/1996Lok Sabha adopts resolution extending President's Rule in J & K for 6 months.
5/3/1718Baba Jassa Singh Ahluwalia, great freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, was born at Ahlu village, Lahore.