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Historical Event on 10/28/1998

The 1998 Swarna Jayanti Fellowship Award is presented to 11 young scientists.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/15/1942George VI awards the George Cross to the people of Malta.
3/5/1931Mahatma Gandhi & British viceroy Lord Irwin sign a pact referred in Indian History as ""Gandhi-Irwin Pact"", after which the civic disobedience movement was taken back.
4/1/1962Metric weights became compulsory as New Weights and Measurements Metric system was intoduced by Indian Government.
7/16/1993Russia cancels cryogenic rocket deal with India.
1/21/1882Vaman Malhar Joshi, Marathi novelist, was born.
9/1/1896Bhaktivedanta Swami, litterateur and social worker, was born in Calcutta.
1/1/1999George Fernandes, Defence Minister, said the sacked Naval Chief, Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat, had been displaying ""disturbing tendencies"" for over a year and even threatened his successor, Admiral Sushil Kumar, with court martial.
10/28/1977Shantiprasad Jain, industrialist, died.
12/12/1976Madanlal Dhingra's ashes were brought to India.
6/21/1997Sethi claims sixth National billiards crown in Bangalore.