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Historical Event on 8/28/1997
Election Commission orders that no convicted person will be allowed to contest elections even if an appeal against the conviction was pending in a higher court.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/2/1998 | The Indian Army at Bandipura market captured 10.5 Kg Charas. |
| 9/26/1991 | Ordinance to amend MRTP Act and the Companies Act totally removes pre-entry restrictions on new industrial houses and expansion of the existing ones. |
| 1/27/2000 | K.R. Narayanan, President, opposes any tinkering with the Constitution. |
| 1/14/1994 | The first Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Centenary Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research, instituted by ICMR in 1991-92, was announced in 1994 (Dr. G. Padamanabhan, Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, is the first recipient of this Award). |
| 1/4/1907 | Govind Rai, renowned Gujarati novelist and writer of 'Saraswati Chandra', passed away. |
| 7/16/1936 | Venkataraman Subramanya, cricketer (Indian bowler in nine Tests mid-60's, Leg Break Googly, Right Arm), was born in Bangalore. |
| 11/20/1917 | J.C. Bose Research Institute was established in Calcutta. |
| 9/30/1997 | At least 20 civilians were killed and over 30 injured in unprovoked firing by Pakistani troops on Kargil town in Jammu&Kashmir. |
| 7/29/1995 | Anup Jalota, famous Bhajan and Ghazal singer, was born. |
| 4/27/1854 | First telegram was sent between Mumbai and Pune. |
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