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Historical Event on 12/28/1981

Madras-Penang undersea cable commissioned.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/23/1912Kilachand Ambalal, great industrialist, was born.
1/4/1906Prince of Wales laid the foundation stone of Victoria Memorial Hall at Calcutta.
5/17/19764 Indians successfully skied down from the slope of Trishul peak.
7/25/1958Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, inaugurated.
11/13/1953Richard Nixon, the US Vice President, arrives in New Delhi.
9/7/1997Banned Maoist Communist Centre guns down at least 30 CPI (M) liberation activists, including district committee members and workers, at Ankendar village, 40 km from the district headquarters of Chatra in Bihar.
5/20/1677Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj won the fort of Jingi.
9/7/1998Swami Ranganathananda is elected the 13th president of the Ramakrishna Order.
7/31/1992Sitar maestro Pt. Ravishankar wins the Magsaysay Award.
12/26/1914Dr. Shushila Nair, social reformer, was born in village Kunjah, district Gunjra, Punjab (now Pakistan). She dedicated her life to serve Gandhiji and Gandhi Ashram and also performed the duties of Indian citizen by taking active participation in freedom movement.