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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
10/21/1954Government of India and France sign an agreement for the de-facto transfer of the French settlement of Pondicherry, Karaikal, Mahe to the Indian Union. The merger took place on November 1.
4/9/1986First University in India devoted to hygiene established at Vijaywada.
8/29/1880Madhav Shrihari Ane, greatest Freedom fighter, was born.
8/29/1880Firuz Shah captured the throne of Delhi and Sultan Jalal'ud-din Khalji called himself.
6/22/1994Law for the betterment of women introduced.
12/21/2000Women's Bill put off again.
9/26/1998Sachin Tendulkar make a record 127 runs against Zimbabwe at Calcutta.
8/29/1923Hiralal Ghasulal Gaekwad, cricket all-rounder who played Test for India in 1952-53, was born in Nagpur.
10/1/1887Pandit Hridaynath Ajudhianath Kunzru, politician and social worker, was born at Agra.
3/25/1989India's first super-computer X-MP-14 of US make was dedicated to the nation.