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Historical Event on 12/28/1984

Eighth General Election of India ends. Indian National Congress party wins with thumping majority.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/22/1930Civil Disobedience at Dandi, 6th April 1930 and Civil Disobedience at Bombay, 7th April 1930, both documentary films produced by Krishna Film Co., Bombay, were prohibited by Censor Board on April 22, on the grounds that they were calculated to foster resistance to Government and to promote a breach of Law and Order.
5/23/1931Sharad Joshi, famous Hindi poet, playwright and journalist, was born.
10/26/1932Indian Muslim leader demands that Gandhi be released from prison. The Viceroy responded that this was only possible if Gandhi disassociated himself from the civil disobedience campaign.
1/29/1997Supreme Court rules that water is a 'mineral'.
3/10/1922Gandhiji arrested for the first time in Bombay on the charges of sedition at Sabarmati.
6/1/1964Nava Paisa, established in 1947, was renamed as 'Paisa'.
8/22/1993The first batch of IAF troops landed in the capital city of Mogadishu.
11/13/1917Vasantrao Banduji Patil, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, was born.
8/21/1955Ramnarayan Vishwanath Pathak, noted critic of Gujarati literature, poet and story writer, passed away.
7/31/1912Allan Octavian, great social reformer, patriot, lawyer, journalist and politician, passed away at the age of 84.