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Historical Event on 12/28/1983

Gavaskar achieves his 30th century beating Bradman's 29.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/18/1970Kishan Singh at Cuttack sets record for 50 Km W.in 4.19.48.
1/6/1996CBI identifies two key figures - Satyanarayana Gauda and Daya Manikam Anand - in Purulia arms drop case.
5/14/1993Bombay High Court upholds Goa C.M. Ravi Naik's disqualification by speaker under anti-defection bill.
9/15/1992Price of petrol, diesel and cooking gas hiked.
8/27/1946Gandhiji cables warning to British Government against repetition of ""Bengal Tragedy"". He also wrote to Wavell.
12/23/1995400 people, mostly children and their parents, die in a fire that broke out during the Annual Day celebrations of DAV Public School. The fire was suspected to be caused due to electric short-circuit in Mandi Dabwali, Haryana.
9/26/1985P.T. Usha sets record for 100m (Women) in 11.39 seconds at Jakarta.
10/12/1976Kumarnath Bagchi, famous Indian chemist, died.
6/5/1984Operation 'Blue Star' was launched by Indira Gandhi. Indian commandos stormed into Sikh's holiest gurudwara Golden Temple in Amritsar to flush out the terrorists and other anti-government elements. Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and over 325 people were killed in the temple. Thus a great rebel arose all over the nation and specially in Punjab.
3/9/1863Laxman Bapuji Kolhatkar (Bhaurao), famous singer and actor of Marathi theatre, was born.