28 August in Indian and World History is celebrated, observed, and remembered for various reasons.28 August is the birth anniversary of Abida Sultan, M. G. K. Menon, Rajendra Yadav, and Jagdish Singh Khehar.
28 August is also observed as the death anniversary of Jai Singh, and Sumitra Devi.
Birth Anniversary
28 August in Indian history is celebrated as the birth anniversary of the following personalities:
Abida Sultan (28 August 1913 – 11 May 2002), a princess of the princely state of Bhopal. Abida Sultan had the distinction of being the first woman pilot of India. He got his flying license on January 25, 1942. At a very young age, Abida Sultan had become proficient in driving and shooting animals like horses, pet chital, besides car driving under the discipline of her grandmother. In those days, she used to drive a car without a mask. Abida Sultana, who played an active role in the Muslim politics of the subcontinent, also held the responsibility of the chairman and chief secretary of her father Hamidullah Khan’s cabinet. Abida was also interested in sports like polo and squash. She was the All-India Women’s Squash Champion in 1949. She was Born on 28 August 1913 in Bhopal.
G. K. Menon (28 August 1928 – 22 November 2016), the former chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). He is a consultant to the Department of Space, ISRO. Menon is the President of the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. Menon is the President of the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. Professor Menon studied at the University of Bristol, the UK in 1953. He had obtained the degree of Ph.D. He has received innumerable honorary doctorates from India and abroad. Professor Menon is a Fellow of all the three Science Academies in India and has been the President of each. Professor Menon has made special discoveries in the study of cosmic rays and is particularly noted for the high energy interactions of elementary particles. He has done scientific work in rays, particle physics. He was Born on 28 August 1928 in Mangalore, Karnataka.
Rajendra Yadav (28 August 1929 – 28 October 2013), the editor and popular novelist of Hans, a well-known magazine of Hindi literature. Rajendra Yadav did his MA from Agra University in 1951 AD. (Hindi) examination passed with first division, the first position. The era in which Hindi literary magazines were falling prey to premature death. Even during that period, the continuous publication of Hans was possible only because of Rajendra Yadav. He had a similar grasp of all genres of literature including novels, stories, poetry, and criticism. Rajendra Yadav was also made a member of ‘Prasar Bharati’ in the United Front government from 1999 to 2001. He was Born on 28 August 1929 in Utter Pradesh.
Jagdish Singh Khehar, the 44th Chief Justice of India. He is the first person from the Sikh community to be appointed the Chief Justice of the country. Chief Justice T.S. Thakur was appointed to this post. Jagdish Singh Khehar is known as an extremely strict judge. His tenure as Chief Justice was from January 4, 2017, to August 27, 2017. Information Jagdish Singh Khehar, who became a judge of the Supreme Court on September 13, 2011, is considered a strict legal administrator. They are very harsh towards those who waste the time of the court by repeatedly appealing to adjourn the hearing. He was Born on 28 August 1954 in Panjab.
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Death Anniversary
28 August in Indian history is observed as the death anniversary of the following personalities:
Jai Singh or ‘Mirza Raja Jai Singh’ or ‘Jaisingh I’ (15 July 1611 – 28 August 1667), Raja of Amer and senior commander of the Mughal Empire (Mirza king). He was the son of Raja Bhau Singh, who ruled from 1614 AD to 1621 AD. In April 1639, Shah Jahan called Jai Singh to Rawalpindi and gave him the title of ‘Mirza Raja’. His grandfather Mansingh also got this title from Akbar. Jai Singh was the most influential feudatory of the Mughal court. Jai Singh was the most influential feudatory of the Mughal court. He was the biggest thorn in the eye for Emperor Aurangzeb. Aurangzeb sent Jai Singh to suppress the Maratha chief Chhatrapati Shivaji. At the time when Shivaji’s conquests were in the south, and Afzal Khan and Shaista Khan were defeated in the battle with them and King Yashwant Singh also got failure; Then Aurangzeb sent Mirza Raja Jai Singh to suppress Shivaji. Thus he wanted to kill two birds with one stone. Jai Singh was a great soldier and a skilled politician as well as a great lover of literature and art. Under his patronage, poet Bihari Lal composed his famous ‘Bihari Satsai’ in 1662. He died on 28 August 1611.
Sumitra Devi (22 July 1923 – 28 August 1990), an Indian actress who is recognized for her work in Hindi as well as Bengali cinema during the 1940s and 1950. She is most remembered for her role in the 1952 Hindi film Mamta directed by Dada Gunjal. She was the recipient of the BFJA Award for Best Actress two times. She was one of the exquisite beauties of her time and has been regarded as the most beautiful woman of her time by veterans such as Pradeep Kumar and Uttam Kumar. She sustained her career in Bengali cinema also with films such as Abhijog (1947), Pather Dabi (1947), Pratibad (1948), Joyjatra (1948), Swami (1949), Devi Chowdhurani (1949), Samar (1950), Dasyu Mohan (1955) She has been idolized for her role as the beautiful alcoholic wife of a landlord in Kartik Chattopadhyay’s cult classic Saheb Bibi Golam (1956) which is an adaptation of Bimal Mitra’s classic novel of the same name. She died on 28 August 1990.
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Notable events on 28 August in Indian and World History
28 August 1749 – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe a multi-faceted German figure, encompassing roles as a poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic.
28 August 1814 – Sheridan Le Fanu an accomplished Irish writer known for his Gothic tales, mystery novels, and horror fiction, was born.
28 August 1878 – George Whipple, an American physician, and Nobel Prize Laureate, was born.
28 August 1899 – Wong Tung Jim, known professionally as James Wong Howe, was a highly accomplished Chinese-born American cinematographer borned.
28 August 1904 – The first car rally from Calcutta to Barrackpore was organized.
28 August 1910 – Tjalling Koopmans, a Dutch American mathematician, and Nobel Prize Laureate, was born.
28 August 1919 – Godfrey Hounsfield, a British electrical engineer, and Nobel Prize Laureate, was born.
28 August 1984 – The Soviet Union conducted an underground nuclear test on this day.
28 August 1986 – Bhagyashree Sathe became the first woman to become a grandmaster in chess.
28 August 2006 – Melvin Schwartz, an American physicist, and Nobel Prize Laureate, died.
28 August 2008 – The Reserve Bank of India decided to remove all notes of 1999 and 2000 from circulation.
28 August 2008 – Prime Minister Manmohan Singh declared the Bihar floods as a national disaster.
28 August 2008 – The internationally renowned magazine Forbes included Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati among the 100 most powerful women in the world.
28 August 2011 – Lokpal Movement: Anna Hazare announced the suspension of his 13-day fast at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan after the Indian Parliament passed a resolution in support of the 3 demands.
28 April 2014 – Amaka Igwe, a noted Nigerian filmmaker died.
28 August 2017 – PV Sindhu won silver at the Badminton World Championships.