28 January: What Happened On This Day in History

Singapore was discovered by Sir Stamford Raffles.

British forcibly separated Kashmir from the Sikhs and sell it to the Maharaja of Jammu for 1,000,000 pounds after the Battle of Allwal.

First ‘Telephone exchange’ was established in New Haven, USA.

Eiffel Tower works began in Paris, the capital of France.

Nivedita, an Irish lady of Scottish descent, came to India.

Gandhiji left for Rangoon visit. Stays for a month with Gokhale at Calcutta. Returns to Rajkot and settles down to practise.

The famous Hope diamond, once worn by Marie Antoinette, was bought tonight for over $300,000 by Ned McLean, son of John McLean. Mrs. McLean wore it as a head ornament, guarded by a former Secret Service man who in turn was guarded by two private detectives. Walnut-sized and exquisitely blue in color, the 44.5-carat stone stems from India. Its owners included Louis XIV, Louis XVI, and a London banker named Hope. A sinister history of ill luck, madness, and violent death clings to the unique gem.

The name Pakistan is coined by Choudhry Rahmat Ali Khan and is accepted by Indian Muslims who then thereby adopted it further for the Pakistan Movement seeking independence.

India in Waldorf Hotel in London read out a four and a half page note in Cambridge.

Iceland became the first Western country to legalize therapeutic abortion.

World War II- Japanese troops occupied Shanghai.

HMT Watch Factory, India’s first watch factory opened in Bangalore.

Mirza Hamidullah Beg became the 15th Chief Justice of India.

The spacecraft ’51 L – Challenger 10’ exploded 74 seconds after takeoff.

Five convicts were hanged for the assassination of Bangladesh President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.