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Historical Event on 3/28/1997

India and Pakistan, represented by Salman Haider and Shamshad Ahmed, Foreign Secretaries, hold official talks on issues at New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/10/1998Prof. Amartya Sen receives the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics.
9/25/1990S. S. Chauhan, one of the students who had suffered severe burns while trying to immolate himself in protest against implementation of Mandal Commission Report, died.
11/29/1928Krishnaji Narayan Aathaly, great Marathi litterateur and editor, passed away.
7/4/1995Rajan Pillai, business tycoon and biscuit king of India, who was convicted by a Singapore court for multi-million dollar fraud, was arrested in New Delhi.
10/31/1876Cyclone hits Bengal centered near Bakarganj (now in Banlgadesh), about 200,000 die.
2/18/1899Jainarain Vyas, leader, freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Jodhpur, Rajasthan. He played a leading role in creating united Rajasthan by integration of various states of Rajputana. He was the first Chief Minister of Rajasthan from 1951 to 1954.
2/17/1994Gopikrishna, internationaly famed 'Kathtak' exponent, died at the age of 61 years.
10/18/1712Jeremias Van Riemsdijk, Governor General of Dutch Indies (1775-77), was born.
2/20/1997RBI relaxes capital adequacy norms for commercial banks.
2/20/1997Humayun crossed the Indus and captured Lahore and ousted Sikandar Suri of Delhi throne.