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Historical Event on 6/28/1996

India opens its office (based in Gaza city) in the area under the Palestinian Authority.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/24/1991Two LIC officers burnt to death in Kashmir.
6/3/1930George John Fernandes, social reformer and politician, was born in Mangalore (Karnataka).
6/5/1961Ramesh Krishnan, Indian tennis star, was born. He was also the winner of Junior Wimbledon 1979.
4/5/1930Mahatma Gandhi reached Dandi, a small costal village in Gujarat, after travelling 385 kms with 78 followers to break the recently imposed ""Salt Law"". This event is known as 'Dandi March' and was started from Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad.
7/2/1998India and Sri Lanka sign an agreement on promoting agricultural research in New Delhi.
10/22/1933Vithalbhai Patel, great freedom fighter, social worker, leader, politician, President of the Central Assembly, lawyer and member of parliament, died in Geneva.
6/1/1947Balbhimraj Gore, litterateur and Hindi critic, was born.
4/17/1996Indian Railways bars AIDS patients from using trains.
9/1/1998Tatas withdraw their Rs. 1,475-crore proposal to operate an airline with foreign equity participation in the domestic sector.
2/7/1997Bal Thackeray, Shiv Sena supremo, found guilty of contempt of court and sentenced to simple imprisonment of one week and a fine of Rs. 2000 by Nagpur bench of Mumbai HC for his statement that ''a judge had demanded a bribe of Rs. 35 lakhs for favouring a litigant''.