Historical Events on March 28.

1.  1737, 28th March: Bajirao Peshwa invaded Delhi and defeated the Mughals.

2.  1854, 28th March: Britain and France declared the Crimea war against Russia.

3.  1910, 28th March: Henry Fabre flew the Fabre Hydravion, the first seaplane.

4.  1930, 28th March: Constantinople and Angora in Turkey renamed Istanbul and Ankara, respectively.

5.  1942, 28th March: Rashbehari Bose founded the Indian Independence League in Tokyo.

6.  1979, 28th March: Radiation leaked from a nuclear power plant on the island of Three Mile Island in the United States.

7.  1992, 28th March: J. R. D. Tata, an Indian industrialist, was conferred the highest civilian honor, the Bharat Ratna, by President R Venkataraman.

8.  1998, 28th March: The Param-10000 supercomputer, developed by the Center for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), was dedicated to the nation (India).

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on March 28.

1.  1868: Maxim Gorky, a Russian and Soviet writer, a founder of the socialist realism literary method, and a political activist. 

2.  1927: Dr. Vina Mazumdar, an Indian academic, left-wing activist, and feminist.

3.  1936: Amancio Ortega, a Spanish billionaire businessman.

4.  1968: Nasser Hussain, a British cricket commentator, and former cricketer.

5.  1975: Akshaye Khanna, an Indian actor.

6.  1986: Lady Gaga, an American singer, songwriter, and actress.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on March 28.

1.  1584: Ivan the Terrible, the first Tsar of Russia.

2.  1941: Virginia Woolf, an English writer.

3.  1969: Dwight D. Eisenhower, as the 34th president of the United States.

4.  2002: F. N. Souza, an Indian artist. 

28-March-1556

Origin of Fasli Era (India).

28-March-1645

Har Govind Singh, Sikh Guru, died.

28-March-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.

28-March-1916

Ramkrishna Pillai, journalist and social reformer, passed away.

28-March-1917

Umesh Chandra Panigrahi, great author and journalist, was born at Raruan, Orissa.

28-March-1926

Pahelam Ratanji "Polly" Umrigar, cricketer (Indian batsman & captain), was born in Sholapur, Maharashtra.

28-March-1941

Netaji Subhashchandra Bose reached Berlin after his secret underground journey from Calcutta.

28-March-1943

S. Satyamurti, social reformer, politician and member of legislative council at Madras, died. He was born in Tirumayyam village in August 19, 1887.

28-March-1947

Abdul Bari, labour leader, passed away.

28-March-1954

The flight undertook its first VVIP commitment, when it carried the first Prime Minister of India, the Late Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, from Palam to Tilpat range and back to witness the 'Fire Power Demo'. It carried wide spectrum of VVIPs, including the President, the Prime Minister, renowned statesmen, Generals, Luminaries and visiting foreign dignitaries.

28-March-1956

Tirumalai Ananthanpillai Sekhar, great Indian cricket pace-bowler (2 Tests 1982-83 little impact), was born in Madras.

28-March-1963

First meeting of the National Aeronautical Laboratory Executive Council held under the chairmanship of J R D Tata.

28-March-1978

Nafisa Joseph, Miss India Universe (1997), was born.

28-March-1984

Bhausaheb Ranade, famous freedom fighter, passed away.

28-March-1986

Extremist Sikhs kill 13 Hindus in Ludhiana, India.

28-March-1990

Bengal beat Delhi in rained-out cricket Ranji Trophy final on quotient.

28-March-1991

Chautala asked by Governor to prove his majority on the floor of the house.

28-March-1991

IAF men die in an air crash in Bangalore.

28-March-1994

G-15 summit opens with only six heads of Government in New Delhi.

28-March-1994

Leaders attack trade protectionism.

28-March-1995

Haridev Joshi, former Chief Minister of Rajasthan and former Governor of Assam Meghalay, passed away.

28-March-1996

JKLF declared unlawful by central govt.

28-March-1997

Final phase of repatriation of Chakma and other tribal refugees of the Chittagong Hill Tracts from Tripura begins.

28-March-1997

India and Pakistan, represented by Salman Haider and Shamshad Ahmed, Foreign Secretaries, hold official talks on issues at New Delhi.

28-March-1998

The BJP-led alliance survived its first test of trust with the support of Chandrababu Naidu's Telgu Desam Party. Jayalalitha continues to call the shots.

28-March-1999

Pakistan decides to ease visa restrictions for the aged, women and children from India in response to New Delhi's move towards visa relaxation for several categories of Pakistani nationals.

28-March-2000

Delhi police arrest Shoaib Ilyasi, producer of the crime serial ''India's Most Wanted'' for the death of his wife Anju on January 10.