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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
2/22/1958Maulana Abul Kalam Azad passed away in New Delhi, India. He was a great leader, great orator, revolutionary and fighter for national freedom. Some of his works which are the masterpieces of the Urdu language are ""Ghubari-Khatir"" and Tadhkirah"". He was Minister of Education in the first Indian Government.
10/3/1977Indira Gandhi arrested on charges of official corruption in New Delhi.
4/1/1839Medical College Hospital in Calcutta having only 20 beds was opened for male patients .
1/19/1977World's largest crowd--12.7 million--gather for Indian religious festival 'Kumbh Mela'.
1/18/1948Gandhi breaks 121-hour fast in New Delhi, after halting of Muslim-Hindu riots in Calcutta. He breaks the fast on security pledges from communal leaders who ""Peace Pledge"" to Gandhiji.
3/24/1998G.M.C. Balayogi of the Telugu Desam is elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha as the candidate of the BJP-led Government.
3/9/1836Navalram Lakshmiram Pandya, famous writer and Gujrati critic , was born.
4/18/1959India, Pakistan sign one-year pact on Indus River irrigation.
1/22/1990The International Literacy Campaign was launced in the country by the Prime Minister at a national function held at New Delhi. (8-9-90).
7/7/196294 people died in an Italian DC-8 air crash near Bombay.