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Historical Event on 8/28/1973

India and Pakistan signed P.O.W Accord paving way for release of 90,000 Pakistanis.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/27/1984First unit of Atomic Energy Production Centre started at Kalpakkam.
1/31/1963Peacock declared as National Bird of India.
11/8/1960Subroto Mukherjee died while having dinner in Tokyo, where he had gone with the Air India International Airlines which made its first inaugural flight to the city of Tokyo, Japan.
7/14/1997India finishes third in Asian women's weightlifting.
5/28/1903Shantanu L. Kirloskar, great industrialist, was born at Sholapur (Maharashtra).
11/10/1990Chandra Shekhar Singh sworn in as 8th Prime Minister of India. He remained in this office till June 21, 1991 Devilal was sworn in as the Dy. Prime Minister.
12/30/1879Shri Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950), modern Hindu Advaita renaissance saint of Maharshi Research Institute, philosopher and yogi, was born in Tiruchuzhi near Madurai in Tamil Nadu.
6/10/1888Balraj Bhalla, revolutionary, was born.
3/3/1996Haryana govt. bans liquor vends and bars in rural areas.
11/1/1956Indian Government re-organizes the states according to linguistic principles and inaugurates second Five-Year Plan. The states declared were Madhya Pradesh, Punjab by merging Patiala & PEPSU, Mumbai was divided in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Karnataka. Union Territories namely Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshdeep Minikai and Amin Divi were approved.