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Historical Event on 3/28/1954

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.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/28/1972General Insurance Business was nationalised.
2/22/1845Serampore of Hooghly district and Balasore cities from Dutch purchased East Indian Company.
2/28/1928C. V. Raman invented 'Raman Effect' of scattered light, which led him in achieving the 'Nobel Prize'.
7/25/1987Giani Zail Singh (1916-1994) retired from the post of seventh President.
11/8/1831Edward R L Bulwer-Lytton was born.
10/15/1994SROSS-C2, Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-P2), which carried remote sensing payload, was placed in orbit. It was the second developmental launch of PSLV.
1/16/1992For the first time in a decade, India decides to import one million tonnes of wheat.
11/14/1993Former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha, who quit JD, joins BJP.
8/15/1947Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru becomes the first Indian Prime Minister of free India.
2/22/19901st day India vs New Zealand cricket at Auckland. NZ 5-78 at lunch, 9-387 stumps.