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Historical Event on 3/28/1914

Komagata Maru sailed from Hong Kong to Vancouver with 351 Sikhs and 21 Punjabi Muslim youths under the captaincy of Sardar Gurjeet Singh as a part of 'Ghadar' Movement.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/5/1916Biju Patnaik, famous Oriya leader and Chief Minister, was born.
9/23/1803British-Indian forces defeated the Marathas in the Battle of Assaye.
12/14/1985Rajiv Gandhi joins the leaders of Greece, Sweden, Tanzania, Mexico and Argentina in a tele-conference as part of the UN ceremony at which they are honoured with the 'Beyond War' award.
12/12/1971All the facilities and pocket money provided to the former kings were cancelled by the Indian Parliament.
12/25/1964Anil Kaul, Canadian badminton player (Olympics-96), was born in Amritsar, India.
8/1/1996T. S. R. Subramaniam was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-03-1998.
8/9/1971Vinodnand Jha, former Chief Minister of Bihar, died.
3/23/1940All India Muslim League passed resolution for the formation of Muslim homeland i.e. Pakistan.
2/22/1997India, Turkmenistan and Iran sign transit agreement.
1/20/1994Chinese film 'Farewell, My Concubine' and Adoor Gopalakrishnan's 'Vidheyan' adjudged best Foreign and Indian films in the 25th International Film Festival at Calcutta.