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Historical Event on 12/28/1981

Salman Rushdie is awarded the Booker Prize for Midnight's Children.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/3/1889Khudiram Bose, famous revolutionary and freedom fighter of Muzaffarpur Bomb Case, was born at Habibpur village, West Bengal.
12/10/1998Dr. Gurudev S. Khush, rice breeder at the International Rice Research Institute, Philippines, and Dr. Sanjaya Rajaram, wheat breeder at the International Wheat and Maize Improvement Centre, Mexico, share the Rank Prize announced in London.
5/31/1996J. H. Patel sworn in Karnataka CM.
3/18/1948Socialist Party of India (SPI) disassociates itself from the Congress.
7/14/1999Arvind Dave is appointed Governor of Arunachal Pradesh.
7/25/1987Giani Zail Singh (1916-1994) retired from the post of seventh President.
8/21/1972A law was passed for protecting wild animals, including lions and tigers, from extinction.
11/23/1997Nirad C.Chaudhuri, famous author, completed 100 years of his life.
11/7/1990National Front Government headed by V. P. Singh loses confidence motion in the Lok Sabha (151-356). Singh tenders his resignation and this is the end of 11-month-old National Front Government.
10/18/1906Depressed Classes Mission Society' was established by Vitthal Ramji Shinde.