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Historical Event on 12/28/1981

Salman Rushdie is awarded the Booker Prize for Midnight's Children.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/30/1987Goa becomes the 25th state of India.
7/18/1997Fifth Pay Commission report approved by Central Govt.
1/2/1993Allahabad court allows 'darshan' at Ayodhya.
6/3/1912Sohrab Pirojsha Godrej, great industrialist, was born.
5/2/1998The Indian Army at Bandipura market captured 10.5 Kg Charas.
10/12/1993The first operational sortie in Somalia was undertaken with the Brigade Commander and his Deputy on board to recede the area of responsibility in and around Baidoa which was to be the bridage's permanent location.
1/1/1880Money order system was introduced.
4/18/1898Damodar Hari Chapekar, India's first revolutionary, was hanged in the Yervada Central Jail. He was punished for killing the Rand and Ayrest British Officials.
12/22/1998Janata Dal's S. Jaipal Reddy selected for the ''best parliamentarian award'' for 1998.
12/22/1998Maharana Pratap, great revolutionary, soldier and freedom fighter, was born.