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Historical Event on 12/28/1981

Salman Rushdie is awarded the Booker Prize for Midnight's Children.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/10/1966Parliament approved the Punjab Re-organisation Bill for the formation of Haryana and Punjab as two independent states.
11/9/1990JD expels Gujarat CM Chimanbhai Patel and UP CM Mulayam Singh Yadav from Legislative wings and primary membership of the party.
6/12/1990Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1D) launched. This is an operational multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite. It is still in service. It was launched by US Delta launch vehicle, Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, USA.
4/30/1947The entire nation is stirred by religious strife.
5/25/1997In a bid to break the deadlock on naming transport corporation after caste leaders in southern districts, Tamil Nadu Government agrees to create a new bus corporation named after Pulithevan.
6/26/1995Madhya Pradesh declared ""Tiger State"" as it homes one sixth of the world's tiger population.
1/18/1963Laxminarayn Sahu, litterateur, journalist and social reformer, passed away.
3/21/1971Gavaskar scores the first of his 34 Test tons, 116 at Georgetown.
11/13/1917Vasantrao Banduji Patil, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, was born.
1/27/1995Rajiv Gandhi Container Terminal open at Kochi port.