Wednesday, 28 January 2015

Today in History 28th January

Today in History 28th January


1757   Ahmed Shah, the first King of Afghanistan occupied Delhi and annexed the Punjab


1846   The Battle of Aliwal was won by British troops.


1865 Lala Lajpat Rai   born in Punjab.

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1925 Raja Ramanna, President of Indian Atomic Energy Commission, was born.


1930   Pandit  Jasraj, famous  singer born


1933    The name Pakistan is coined by Choudhry Rahmat Ali Khan


1955   Vinod Khosla co-founded Sun Microsystems


2000 Youth cricket World Cup won by Indian junior cricket team.