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Historical Event on 8/28/1973

India and Pakistan signed P.O.W Accord paving way for release of 90,000 Pakistanis.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/17/1839Lord William Bentik, governor general of India, was born.
9/19/1950U. N. Assembly rejects Indian-Soviet proposal to admit Communist China in New York.
9/2/1960Dr. Shankar Purushottam Adharkar, famous Botanist in India, passed away.
3/24/1977Ban on RSS and 26 other organisations lifted.
4/1/1987Bureau of Indian Standards was changed to Indian Standards Institution.
3/17/1985Dattu Phadkar, cricketer (Indian all-rounder, 31 Tests 1947-58), passed away.
7/4/1897Alluri Seetaram Raju, freedom fighter, was born in a Kshatriya clan in Andhra Pradesh. He is rememberred as one of the great sons of India in the annals of Indian history who fought valiantly for his motherland in the early period of the freedom movement.
2/1/1948Marathi Sanshodhan Mandal' established.
10/19/1907Sulochana Modi, first lady Mayor of Mumbai Mahanagar Palika, was born.
11/1/1950First Indigenous Steam Engine from Chitranjan Rail Factory railed out.