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Historical Event on 12/28/1984
Eighth General Election of India ends. Indian National Congress party wins with thumping majority.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/21/1996 | Sanjay Thapar of the IAF (leader) becomes first Indian to parachute down to geometric North pole and unfurl the flag. |
| 6/18/1896 | Cota Ramaswami, cricketer (Davis Cup for India 1922, Test 1936), was born in Madras. |
| 3/14/1994 | Narsinha Rao, Prime Minister, arrives in London for a 4-day official visit. |
| 5/10/1927 | Nayantara Sahgal, famous writer and social reformer, was born. |
| 9/16/1931 | Ennackal Chandy George Sudarshan, popularly known as George Sudarshan, was born in Kottayam, Kerala. He was a physicist of world repute. |
| 9/8/1993 | Mandal Commission recommendation of 27\% job reservation for the backward classes brought into effect; 'Creamy' layer excluded. |
| 5/27/1919 | Kandukuri Veeresalingam, father of modern Telgu language, author and social reformer, passed away. |
| 7/16/1992 | Shankar Dayal Sharma is appointed President. |
| 3/3/1967 | India signed the International Space Treaty in Moscow. |
| 9/4/1952 | India returns Peking's famine-relief aid, saying it had political strings attached. |
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