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Historical Event on 12/28/2000

India, Israel deal on Phalcon AWACS planes put on hold, pending change of guard in the U.S.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/8/1946HMS Vengeance, sailed with 22 aircraft of No. 4 Sqn, halted at Singapore for re-fueling and set course for Iwakuni, a port of Kyushu island.
7/7/1992Truckers call off strike.
7/31/1993Air Chief Marshal Nirmal Chandra Suri PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.
4/8/1991Prafulla Kumar Mahanta,Assam CM, steps down as party chief.
5/17/1857Bahadhur Shah II declared as the emperor of India.
8/1/1997Lt. Gen. Ved Prakash Malik to be next chief of Army staff. Gen. Shankar Roy Chowdhury retires on September 30.
3/1/2000P.Harikrishna becomes India's youngest International Master in the Sangli International chess tournament.
4/1/1996Kerala introduces ban on arrack. 5614 licenced arrack shops closed down.
7/29/1987India and Sri Lanka sign peace accord at Colombo in a bid to end the 5-year old ethnic trouble. This stance taken thereafter by the LTTE added several dimensions to the scenario. It was a multi-purpose role that the Navy has been required to play.
5/15/1989NAL's 0.6 m transonic wind tunnel is commissioned. Total project cost is about Rs 20 million.