Today in Indian History
Events for January 28

28-January-1846	British forcibly separate Kashmir from the Sikhs and sell it to the Maharaja of Jammu for 1,000,000 pounds after the Battle of Allwal.
28-January-1853	Jose Marti, great author and politician, was born at Cuba.
28-January-1865	Lala Lajpat Rai 'Punjab Kesari', great valiant freedom fighter, social reformer, humanitarian and lawyer, was born in Dhudike village of Ferozepur district, Punjab.
28-January-1877	Pulin Bihari Das, revolutionary journalist, passed away.
28-January-1894	Anandibai Prabhakar Jayawant, famous Hindi writer, was born at Baroda.
28-January-1895	Shankarrao Dattatray Dev, veteran Congress leader, Gandhian and Sarvoday leader, was born.
28-January-1898	Nivedita, an Irish lady of Scottish descent, came to India.
28-January-1900	General K.M. Cariappa, first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army, was born at Sanivara, Santhai (Coorg).
28-January-1902	Gandhiji left for Rangoon visit. Stays for a month with Gokhale at Calcutta. Returns to Rajkot and settles down to practise.
28-January-1911	The famous Hope diamond, once worn by Marie Antoinette, was bought tonight for over $300,000 by Ned McLean, son of John McLean. Mrs. McLean wore it as a head ornament, guarded by a former Secret Service man who in turn was guarded by two private detectives. Walnut-sized and exquisitely blue in color, the 44.5-carat stone stems from India. Its owners included Louis XIV, Louis XVI, and a London banker named Hope. A sinister history of ill luck, madness, and violent death clings to the unique gem.
28-January-1925	Raja Ramanna, fourth President of Indian Atomic Energy Commission, was born.
28-January-1933	India in Waldorf Hotel in London read out a four and a half page note in Cambridge.
28-January-1937	Suman Kalyanpurkar, famous singer, was born.
28-January-1950	Supreme Court of India was inaugurated.
28-January-1951	Kashmir issue taken up in UN security council.
28-January-1961	Foundation-stone of the first factory of H.M.T. wrist watches laid in Bangalore.
28-January-1976	Erapalli Prasanna takes 8-76 to rip through New Zealand at Eden Park.
28-January-1984	Dozen's of Sikh Militants arrested in India's troubled Punjab State after terrorists killed 3 people and injured 31 in grenade attack.
28-January-1984	Sohrab Meherwanji Modi, famous drama and film producer, director and actor, passed away.
28-January-1992	Umanath Vachaspati, Magsesey Award winner, passed away.
28-January-1996	Dev Kanta Baruah, first President of former Congress, passed away at New Delhi at the age of 82.
28-January-1998	All 26 accused, who stood trial in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, were sentenced to death. A designated Judge of the TADA court in Chennai found them guilty.
28-January-1999	Central Zone won the Deodhar Trophy, defeating South in their final in Agartala.
28-January-2000	Indian junior cricket team wins the Youth cricket World Cup.