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Historical Event on 5/28/1978
The kiss comes to the Hindi screen in 'Love Sublime,' and is seen as a sign of what the govt. calls greater 'creative freedom,' after Indira Gandhi's authoritarian rule at Bombay.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/14/1994 | The controversial Supreme Court Judge V.Ramaswami, who survived an impeachment motion in Parliament, retires. |
| 8/16/1923 | Narayan Athavle, famous Marathi litterateur and journalist, was born. |
| 3/23/1942 | Japanese forces occupy Rangoon, Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean. |
| 7/3/1661 | Portugal gives Tanger & Bombay to English King Charles II. |
| 2/8/1971 | Kanhaiyalal Maniklal Munshi, writer, administrator, leader and founder of Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, died. |
| 2/8/1971 | Akbar removed 'Jeziya' or toll-tax for his non-Muslim subjects. |
| 2/24/1996 | Naresh Chandra appointed India's ambassador to USA. |
| 4/25/1982 | India's first telecast colour broadcasting started on Dordarshan. |
| 6/12/1997 | Sitaram Kesri elected president of Congress I (6224 votes. Sharad Pawar-888; Rajesh Pilot-354). |
| 12/24/1988 | Jaynendra Kumar, famous Hindi novelist, died. |
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