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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
5/13/1971General Insurance nationalized.
5/13/1971Akbar's Vajir-E-Ajam 'Bairam Khan' was assassinated at Patan, Gujarat by an Afghan assassin Mubarak Khan Lohani ( whose father was slain by Bairam Khan) in the battle of Machiwara.
10/20/1991Manohar Phalke, famous union leader and MLA, died.
9/3/1999Brigadier V. K. Chopra is appointed as the new head of the 121 (1) infantry brigade in Kargil.
4/7/1920Ravi Shankar Bhattacharya, renowned Sitar player (Sounds of India), was born in Banaras, India.
4/2/1980Raj Narain expelled from Lok Dal forms Janata (S) Party.
9/3/1905Kamlapati Tripathi, leader of Indian National Congess, was born.
8/12/2000Neelam Jaswant Singh heaves the discus to a National mark (59.53m) in the Travancore National circuit athletics meet in Thiurvananthapuram.
10/17/1995BJP withdraws support to Mayavati Government in Uttar Pradesh. UP Governor Motilal Vohra accepts the resignation of Mayawati and her cabinet but asks her to continue as caretaker government. BJP's top brass takes the final decision to break with the BSP.
5/17/1993Visiting Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres signs an MOU with his Indian counterpart to end nearly 4 decades of inactivity in bilateral relation.