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Historical Event on 12/28/1995

Third Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1C), carring advanced remote sensing cameras was launched by Russian Molniya launch vehicle. It is still in service.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/13/1992Security scam: assets of three SBI officials attached.
6/28/1986Accord with Mizo National Front; Lal Denga to be the chief minister of Mizoram.
6/23/1997Communication equipment worth several crores destroyed and Chennai's land and mobile telephone networks thrown out of gear in a fire at Anna Road telephone exchange.
5/30/1955Narayan Malhar Joshi, father of Indian Worker's Movement, passed away.
1/5/1990Mohammad Azharuddin was made captain of Indian cricket team.
8/18/1891Jain Muni Mishrimalji, poet, social reformer and orator, was born at Pali, Rajasthan.
12/27/1936Golden Jublee Session of Indian National Congress, under the presidentship of Jawaharlal Nehru, held at Faizpur urging India to strike at British imperialism.
1/18/1938The last batch of the political prisioners sailed back to the mainland from the Cellular Jail.
10/19/1983Union Government takes over the management of 13 textile undertakings in Bombay; marathon strike in cotton textile industry ends.
12/11/1876Raobahadur Yeshwantrao Harishchandra Desai, famous architect, was born.