Today in Indian History
Events for August 28
| 28-August-1600 | Mughals capture Ahmednagar. |
| 28-August-1667 | Sardar Jaysingh, the famous king-mirza in Aurangzeb’s kingdom, passed away at Barhanpur. ( 11/7 or 28/8). |
| 28-August-1733 | Sekhoji (Jaysingrao) Angre, famous naval officer of Maratha navy, passed away. |
| 28-August-1879 | Battle at Ulundi, Lord Chelmsford beats king Cetshwayo’s Zuluz. |
| 28-August-1896 | Firak Gorakhpuri, Urdu poet and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born. |
| 28-August-1896 | Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar, great musician and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Chembai in Kerala. |
| 28-August-1904 | First car rally between Calcutta to Barakpur held. |
| 28-August-1905 | Major Dhyanchand was born in a Rajput family at Prayag at Uttar Pradesh. He is remembered as a Master of Hockey.0 |
| 28-August-1906 | Chintamani Govind (Mama Pendse), great actor, was born. |
| 28-August-1928 | Mambillikalathil Govind Kumar Menon, noted physicist and scientific advisor to the Prime Minister, was born at Mangalore in Karnataka. |
| 28-August-1934 | Justice Sujata Manohar was born. |
| 28-August-1972 | General Insurance Business was nationalised. |
| 28-August-1973 | India and Pakistan signed P.O.W Accord paving way for release of 90,000 Pakistanis. |
| 28-August-1976 | Second World Hindi Conference held in Mauritius. |
| 28-August-1993 | President’s rule in J&K extended for another six months. |
| 28-August-1994 | Three medical officers of the Field Ambulance unit were killed when the Indian contingent was trying to stem the war in Somalia. |
| 28-August-1997 | Election Commission orders that no convicted person will be allowed to contest elections even if an appeal against the conviction was pending in a higher court. |
| 28-August-1997 | Jain Commission, chaired by Justice M.C. Jain, submits interim report on Rajiv Gandhi assassination. |
| 28-August-1997 | Tiwari and Surinderjit Kaur set national records in hammer throw in Federation Cup Athletics. |
| 28-August-1998 | India and Pakistan clash at the Security Council after New Delhi denounced the running of terrorist training camps in the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Afghanistan. |
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