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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
7/18/1980Madras Doordashan Centre transmitted their first colour transmission for one hour in the afternoon, and this programme was re-transmitted simultaneously by Delhi Doordarshan, India.
10/13/1991Shatrughan Sinha, film star, decides to contest New Delhi Lok Sabha seat on a BJP ticket against Rajesh Khanna, the Congress nominee.
11/20/1946Gandhiji starts tour without party.
1/30/1999Pandit Ravi Shankar, sitar maestro, is chosen for Bharat Ratna.
12/22/1999CPI (M) is against India signing the CTBT.
8/15/1947Brigadier Thakur Mahadeo Singh was the first Indian Commandant. He was the DSO of Indian Militery Academy.
7/1/1909Madanlal Dhingra, revolutionary, assassinated Sir William Curzon Wyllie, a prominent Anglo-Indian, at the Imperial Institute in London.
4/20/1971India won Cricket Test Rubber' for the first time after defeating West Indies Cricket Team.
6/4/1993L K Advani unanimously elected President of BJP.
3/1/196325 Sqn, AF was formed with 04XAN-12 aircraft acquired from the erstwhile USSR. This was to supply lines to the Army in the Northern Sector encompassing J&K and Ladakh regions.