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Historical Event on 12/28/1984
Eighth General Election of India ends. Indian National Congress party wins with thumping majority.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/10/1999 | Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (87), patriarch of Malayalam fiction, died at his ancestral village at Sankaramangalam in Thakazhi village. |
| 3/28/1947 | Abdul Bari, labour leader, passed away. |
| 12/20/1946 | Gandhiji completes his month-long sojourn at Srirampur. |
| 5/25/1936 | Rusi Framroz Surti, cricketer (Indian slow lefty, hat-trick for Qld 1969), was born in Surat, Gujarat. |
| 1/27/1931 | Mahatma Gandhi was released from jail, ending eight months of imprisonment for his campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. To avoid demonstrations, Gandhi was released late in the evening from the Yerovda jail and put on a night train to Bombay. There was hope in British circles that the release of Gandhi would end the strife and lead to discussions of dominion status. Gandhi made clear, however, that he would persist in his civil disobedience campaign. |
| 4/15/1975 | Janata Party's `People's March' to Parliament. |
| 8/9/1909 | Vinayak Krishna Gokak, famous Kannad poet, play writer, critic of literature, educationist and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born at Savanur. |
| 2/23/1998 | Raman Lamba, former Indian Test cricketer, passed away in Dhaka, three days after being hit on the head while close-in fielding. |
| 10/17/1997 | SEBI asks investors to adopt paperless trading through depository. |
| 4/30/1998 | Sukh Ram, former Union Minister, decides to resign as a Minister in the Himachal Pradesh Government. |
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