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Historical Event on 10/28/1998

The 1998 Swarna Jayanti Fellowship Award is presented to 11 young scientists.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/1/1916Mrs. Annie Besant in cooperation with Bal Gangadhar Tilak started the Home Rule League Movement with Dadabhai Naoroji as its President.
12/1/1942No. 8 Squadron was raised meanwhile, absorbing the remaining coastal defence flight personnel.
12/16/1999India agrees to Financial System Stability Assessment (FSSA) by the IMF.
6/14/1929Jatindra Nath Das was arrested in Calcutta.
2/15/1865Kishorilal Goswami, Hindi novelist, was born.
4/11/1930Pandit Motilal Nehru renamed 'Anand Bhuvan' as 'Swaraj Bhawan' and handed it over to the people.
7/16/1969Air Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, DFC. became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 15/01/1973.
10/27/1969Darshansingh Pheruman died in Amritsar during the 74th day of his fast, which he had undertaken for the merger of Chandigarh in Punjab.
12/3/1998India and Portugal sign an agreement in New Delhi for setting up a joint committee to enhance cooperation in science and technology.
11/11/1906Chetput Ramaswami Pattabhi Raman, politician and social worker, was born at Madras.