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Historical Event on 12/28/1990
Following the war threat as the January 15 deadline set by UN for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait approaches, GOI advise Indians in Gulf to send back their families to India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/1/1970 | Former Beatle George Harrison led an all-star entourage of rock talent through two sold-out shows at New York's Madison Square Garden tonight, in a benefit for Bangladesh refugees. More than 40,000 attended the concerts, and Harrison hoped to donate $250,000 to the cause. The shows opened with sets of Indian music by sitarist Ravi Shankar, then moved through songs featuring Harrison, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, Leon Russell, and another ex-Beatle, Ringo Starr. But the evening's most ecstatic ovations were reserved for the unexpected appearance of Bob Dylan. |
| 7/15/1986 | India protests against China's intrusion of six to seven km into the Indian territory in Arunachal Pradesh. |
| 3/17/1994 | Wali Mohammad Itto, former Speaker of J&K Assembly shot dead by militants. |
| 7/15/1991 | Jagannathrao Joshi, veteran leader of Janata Party `Karnataka Kesri', died. |
| 1/27/1984 | First unit of Atomic Energy Production Centre started at Kalpakkam. |
| 8/22/1933 | Inhabitants of Partabgarh face starvation as Opium was now outlawed. They had been living from the sale of opium for the past 800 years. |
| 2/14/2000 | The Supreme Court stays the Karnataka High Court judgment quashing the State Government's Ashraya scheme for providing plots to the poor. |
| 1/24/1966 | Gulzarilal Nanda stepped down from the position of acting Prime Minister of India. He held his position till January 11, 1966 (Acting). |
| 4/18/1971 | Gavaskar makes 220 in second innings vs West Indies after 124 in first. |
| 2/14/1994 | The controversial Supreme Court Judge V.Ramaswami, who survived an impeachment motion in Parliament, retires. |
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