🔅Today, Thursday: Chaitra Badi Tritiya until 18:59, followed by Chaturthi, Sankashti Shri Ganesh Chaturthi fast, Bhadra, which is inauspicious, from 06:02 to 18:57. Chhatrapati Shivaji Jayanti (according to date), Guru Shri Angad Dev Jyoti Jyoti/Smriti Diwas (date-based – not confirmed), Shri Gorakh Prasad Mathematician Jayanti, Chau. Bansi Lal Smriti Diwas, Shri Hari Dev Joshi Smriti Diwas, and National Maritime Day.
🔅Tomorrow, Friday: Chaitra Badi Chaturthi until 20:23, followed by Panchami.
🎯Today’s Quote👉
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Ghasmushtim Paragave
Dadyat Samvatsaram Tu Yah |
Akrutva Svayamaharam
Vratam Tat Sarvakamikam ||
★Mahabharat Anushasan Parv 69
Meaning👉
One who feeds a handful of grass to another’s cow every day for a year, that fast fulfills all desires.
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Significant Events of March 28👉
1561 – Akbar attacked Sarangpur, the capital of Malwa, defeating Baz Bahadur.
1795 – Partition of Poland.
1809 – France lost the battle of Medellin in Spain.
1854 – Britain and France declared war against Russia in the Crimean War.
1914 – The Japanese ship ‘Komagata Maru’ departed from Hong Kong carrying 372 youths to Vancouver, Canada. Most of them were Sikh youths.
1917 – During World War I, the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps was established.
1922 – American inventor Bradley A. Fiske patented the microfilm reader.
1930 – Many cities in Turkey changed their names. Ankara became the capital instead of Angora, and Constantinople was changed to Istanbul.
1939 – Hitler of Germany broke the five-year-old understanding not to invade Poland.
1939 – Civil war in Spain ended.
1941 – Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose fled from Calcutta to Berlin while under house arrest.
1959 – China broke the government of Tibet and enthroned the 14th Dalai Lama.
1962 – After a military rebellion in Syria, President Nazim al-Kudsi fled the country.
1965 – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led a march with 25,000 people in Montgomery, Alabama, for the rights of African Americans.
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2019 – Economist Amartya Sen was awarded the Bodley Medal by the University of Oxford (could also be on March 27).
2019 – Bangladesh: Fire broke out in a 22-story building in Dhaka, killing 25 people and injuring 70.
2019 – Researchers / scientists at the University of Maryland in the United States discovered a technique to produce electricity from the body.
2020 – The central government established a special national fund, PM CARES, to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. The Prime Minister appealed to people to contribute to it, and actor Akshay Kumar donated ₹25,000,000 as an example.
2020 – “Earth Hour” was observed between 8:30 and 9:30 PM, usually celebrated on the last Saturday of March.
2021 – A two-day Passex exercise between the Indian and American navies began in the Bay of Bengal.
2021 – At least 10 people died in clashes with the police during protests by Islamic groups against Prime Minister Modi’s visit.
2021 – India achieved a historic milestone with over 60 million COVID-19 vaccinations administered.
2022 – Pramod Sawant took oath as the Chief Minister of Goa for the second consecutive time on Monday.
2022 – The amended Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order was passed in the Lok Sabha to include a community from Tripura in the list of Scheduled Tribes.
2022 – President Ram Nath Kovind conferred Padma Awards to 74 eminent personalities for the year 2022 at the Civil Investiture Ceremony II in Rashtrapati Bhavan. The list includes 4 Padma Vibhushan, 17 Padma Bhushan, and 107 Padma Shri awardees.
2023 – India received its first ‘Agniveer Batch’, and a passing-out parade was held at INS Chilka.
2023 – The first International Quantum Communication Conference for the latest advancements in quantum technology education concluded in New Delhi.
2023 – The Cultural Working Group (CWG) of the G20 organized a global thematic webinar on the conservation and restoration of cultural heritage.
People born on March 28👉
1868 – Renowned Russian writer Maxim Gorky was born.
1896 – Gorakh Prasad – Mathematician, editor of Hindi Vishwakosh, and a prolific writer of scientific literature in Hindi.
1965 – Vishweshwar Tudu – State Minister of India (Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Ministry of Water Resources).
1972 – Abhay Joshi, Indian journalist and human rights activist.
1982 – Sonia Agarwal, Indian actress.
March 28 Obituaries👉
1552 – Guru Angad Dev, the second Guru of the Sikhs (March 29 also mentioned, hence not confirmed).
1941 – Kawasji Jamshedji Petigara, Indian police officer.
1959 – Kala Venkatarao, a prominent political figure from South India.
1961 – Chhatta Singh – During World War I, he was a soldier in the 9th Bhopal Infantry of the Indian Army.
1969 – Former US President Lyndon B. Johnson passed away.
1995 – Hari Dev Joshi – Former Chief Minister of Rajasthan.
2002 – F.N. Souza – Renowned Indian artist.
2006 – Vethathiri Maharishi, Indian philosopher.
2006 – Bansi Lal – Former Chief Minister of Haryana and freedom fighter.
2008 – Oscar-winning screenwriter and playwright Abhimanyu passed away.
2012 – P.S. Appu – An Indian civil servant who retired as the Director of Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration.
2023 – American football official Bill Levy (76) passed away.
2023 – German footballer Manfred Schaefer (80) passed away.
Significant Events and Festivals on March 28👉
🔅 Chhatrapati Shivaji Jayanti (as per date).
🔅 Guru Shri Angad Dev Jyoti Jyoti/Remembrance Day (date not confirmed).
🔅 Shri Gorakh Prasad Mathematician Jayanti.
🔅 Ch. Bansi Lal Remembrance Day.
🔅 Shri Hari Dev Joshi Remembrance Day.
🔅 National Maritime Day.
Please note👉
Although care has been taken to prepare this, I am not responsible for any event, date, or other errors.
🌻Have a blessed day🌻