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Historical Event on 10/28/1999

Insurance Bill is introduced amid protest in the Lok Sabha.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/1/1972Space Commission and Department of Space was set up. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) brought under Department of Space (DOS).
6/22/1993The centre bans the use of 12 pesticides.
5/17/1916Gurusiddappa Sivappa, great industrialist, was born at Bangalore.
2/23/1997176 people dead and 500 injured in a major fire at a religious congregation in Baripada, Orissa.
5/10/1993Santosh Yadav becomes the first Indian woman to reach the Everest for the second time.
4/5/1990Mrs.Sheela Flather, an Indian national, becomes the first Asian to be nominated to the House of Lords.
6/18/1993Advani takes over as party President.
1/16/1966Sadhu Thanwardas Lilaram Vaswani, noted thinker and saint poet, great orator, professor and prolific writer, died at Pune.
9/21/1984National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources and National Institute of Animal Genetics were set up. These institutes were initially located in the campus of southern regional station of National Dairy Research Institute, Bangalore. They were then shifted to Karnal in July 1985.
8/19/1977Earthquake measuring 7.7-8.9 on the Richter Scale hits Indian Ocean. It is believed to be the strongest ever earthquake.