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Historical Event on 8/28/1997
Jain Commission, chaired by Justice M.C. Jain, submits interim report on Rajiv Gandhi assassination.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/17/1947 | The first British troop leaves for England after Indian independence. |
| 7/13/1660 | Baji Prabhu Deshpande, one of the warriors in Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's kingdom, died. |
| 10/16/1945 | Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) established. |
| 3/11/1963 | First Railway Engine was produced by Chittaranjan Railway Factory. |
| 2/5/1922 | Gandhiji, following Chauri Chaura (U.P.) tragedy in which 22 police constables and one sub-inspector were burnt to death by a mob, fasts for five days and abandons plan of satyagraha movement. |
| 11/16/1993 | Kashmir's 32-day-old Hazaratbal impasse ends with militants' surrender. |
| 2/14/1989 | Supreme Court orders Union Carbide Coporation of USA and Union Carbide India Limited to pay $470 millions (about Rs. 710 crores) in full and final settlement of all claims out of the Bhopal gas Disaster Litigation tragedy of 1985. |
| 6/17/1996 | Balasahab Devras, Sarsangha Chalak of Rashtriya Sawyamsewak Sangh, died. |
| 11/1/1974 | Vangipurappu Venkata Sai Laxman, cricketer (Indian Test batsman v S Africa 1996 ), was born in Hyderabad. |
| 2/28/1900 | Kondedera Madappa Kariappa, first General of independent India, was born. |
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