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Historical Event on 8/28/1993

President's rule in J&K extended for another six months.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/1/1910Jahangir Mohammed Khan, cricketer (father of Majid, Indian player 1932-36), was born in Jallundar.
10/12/1995Inderjit Gupta re-elected General Secretary of CPI.
8/17/1932V.S. Naipaul, great Indian writer, was born.
5/6/1944Mahatma Gandhi was released unconditionally from his last imprisonment from Aga Khan Palace at Pune.
3/26/1997Russia agrees to help India in developing a state-of-the-art integrated air defence system, even as the two agree to carry military cooperation into the 21st century during the visit of Prime Minister Deve Gowda.
7/15/1986Sandhya Agarwal made 190 runs in third Womens Test Cricket setting a new record in England.
11/25/1956Lal Bahadur Shastri, Railway Minister, resigns from the office or Railway Minitery, taking moral responsibility for Ayyapan rail disaster thus setting a rare example for politicians.
12/22/1999The Government says there is no hidden agenda behind the US lifting of curbs.
12/20/1993Bangarappa expelled from Congress for 6 years.
10/24/1953Selection of the Dassault Ouragan fighter from France at this time reflected the decision to initiate diversification of supply sources. The first four of over 100 Ouragans, or 'Toofanis' as they were to become known in the IAF, reached Palam Airport from France and this type re-equipped Nos.8, 3 and 4 Squadrons in that order.