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Historical Event on 12/28/1996
India all out for 66 at Durban after making 100 in the first innings of the game.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/18/1857 | The Calcutta, Mumbai and Madras Universities were established. |
| 3/27/1997 | 40 more inducted in UP cabinet, raising strength to 45. |
| 6/7/1996 | Sq. Ldr. Sanjay Thapar of IAF becomes the first Indian to jump from a parachute and hoist the national flag at the North Pole. |
| 8/22/1993 | The first batch of IAF troops landed in the capital city of Mogadishu. |
| 3/22/2000 | P. Shanmugham sworn in Chief Minister of Pondicherry. |
| 7/21/1947 | Indian Constitution Assembly accepted the tricolour flag as its National Flag. This flag is with three equal horizontal stripes of Saffron (Sacrifice), White (Truth) and Green (Prosperity) and a Chakra is superimposed on white (Dharma Chakra on the capitol of Ashoka's Pillar at Sarnath) in blue colour having 24 spokes. The ratio of the width to length is two to three. |
| 8/7/1982 | Krishnakanta Radhakant Handique, linguist, educationist, Sanskrit scholar, principal of J.B. College and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away. He also authored the learned works 'Naisadhacarita', 'Yasastilaka and Indian Culture' etc. His original treatise written in Sanskrit by Somaveda in the 10th century is an encyclopedic work dealing with Jainism and Indian thoughts and culture. |
| 11/1/1992 | Indirabai Khadilkar, famous singer, died. |
| 7/1/1999 | K. N. Singh (70), former Union Minister and senior Congress leader, died in Lucknow. |
| 12/9/1999 | Several MPs in the Lok Sabha demand resignation of the CBI chief in the Priyadarshini Matto murder case. |
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