28th October- What Happened Today In History?

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What Happened Today In History?

Find out what happened on 28th October in History. There are a lot many happenings which had taken place on this date in the pages of Indian History, here we have listed some of the very important events occurred on 28th October.

Indra Krishnamurthy Nooyi (Tamil: இந்திரா நூயியி) (born 28 October 1955) is a Indian-American business executive and the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo, the second largest food and beverage business in the world by net revenue. According to Forbes, she is consistently ranked among World’s 100 Most Powerful Women. Nooyi was born in Madras, Tamil Nadu, India.

Aditi Rao Hydari is an Indian film actress. A classical bharatanatyam dancer, she made her acting debut with Sharada Ramanathan’s acclaimed film Sringaram (2007) and rose to fame after her performance in Sudhir Mishra’s 2011 film Yeh Saali Zindagi. In 2012 she played the female lead in the movie London, Paris, New York opposite Ali Zafar.

Manilal Mohandas Gandhi (28 October 1892 – 4 April 1956) was the second of four sons of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and Kasturba Gandhi. Manilal was born in Rajkot, India. In 1897 Manilal traveled to South Africa for the first time, where he spent time working at the Phoenix Ashram near Durban.

Sister Nivedita (pronounced: IPA: [sister niːbediːt̪aː] listen (help·info)); born Margaret Elizabeth Noble, (1867–1911) was a Scots-Irish social worker, author, teacher and disciple of Swami Vivekananda. She met Vivekananda in 1895 in London and travelled to Calcutta, India (present-day Kolkata) in 1898.

Piara Singh Gill (28 October 1911 – 23 March 2002) was an Indian nuclear physicist who was a pioneer in cosmic ray nuclear physics and worked on the American Manhattan project. He was the first Director of Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIO) of India. He was research fellow of Chicago University (1940).

Death anniversaries on 28th October :

Shrilal Shukla (श्रीलाल शुक्‍ल) (31 December 1925 – 28 October 2011) was a Hindi writer, notable for his satire. He worked as a Provincial Civil Services (PCS) officer for the state government of Uttar Pradesh, later inducted into the IAS. He has written over 25 books, including Makaan, Sooni Ghaati Ka Sooraj, Pehla Padaav and Bisrampur Ka Sant.

Annada Shankar Ray (1904 – October 28, 2002) was a Bengali poet and essayist. (May 15, 1905 – October 28, 2002), was a renowned Bengali author. He was born in Dhenkanal in Orissa, India. Annada Shankar Ray was born in 1904 at Dhenkanal, Orissa. He graduated in English from Ravenshaw College.

Ghulam Ahmed pronunciation (help·info) (4 July 1922 in Hyderabad, India – 28 October 1998, Hyderabad, India) was an off spin bowler, who captained India in Test cricket. After his retirement, he served for many years as the secretary of BCCI. He was the uncle of the former Pakistan captain Asif Iqbal.

William Yardley (10 June 1849 – 28 October 1900) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Kent from 1868 to 1878 and for Cambridge University from 1869 to 1872. In the early 1870s, only WG Grace was reckoned his superior amongst amateur batsmen. Yardley was also an actor, playwright and drama critic.