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Historical Event on 8/28/1997

Tiwari and Surinderjit Kaur set national records in hammer throw in Federation Cup Athletics.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/10/1659Chhatrapati Shivaji killed Afzal Khan near Pratapgad Fort by a clever but undignified move.
8/15/1972Postal Index Number (PIN Code) of 6-digits was introduced.
1/21/1993Chander Pal at Bangalore sets record for High Jump in 2.17.
8/17/199220 members of the Janata Dal led by Ajit Singh break away from the parent body seeking separate seats in the Lok Sabha.
6/19/1947Salman Rushdie, English writer, was born in Bombay.
12/9/1993Virbhadra Singh sworn in as Congress CM of Himachal Pradesh.
12/27/1998Churches and missionary schools come under attack and many were injured in a fresh outbreak of communal violence in Surat and Dangs district of Gujarat even as the Bajrang Dal and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad announce the stepping up of their stir against the alleged conversion of Hindus.
11/28/1999Senior Awami League leader Mohammed Anwar Sheikh is killed and his wife and daughter-in-law are seriously injured in a militant attack on his house in Kashmir.
3/20/1991Simultaneous polls in Tamil Nadu.
6/27/1915Khanderao Moreshwar Rangnekar, 3 test matches, 33 runs, vs Australia in 1947-48, was born at Mumbai.