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Historical Event on 12/28/1971

Nanak Singh, famous novelist and poet, died at Preet Nagar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/22/1993Gundu Rao, former Chief Minister of Karnataka, died. He was 56.
11/18/1994Bipinchandra Joshi, cheif of Army and General, passed away at the age of 54 years.
6/19/1871Madhavrao Sapre was born.
3/24/1993Six of Memon family escape to Karachi.
3/24/1993Humayun crossed the Indus and captured Lahore and ousted Sikandar Suri of Delhi throne.
10/20/1962China mounted a massive attacked in N.E.E.F.A. and Ladakh borders. Chinese army pushed Indians back. The real test of IAF airlift capability came when open warfare erupted on the Sino-lndian border, while operating to the tricky helipads in the mountains, including the operation of C-119Gs from airstrips 17,000 ft (5180m) above sea level in the Karakoram Himalayas, and the air-lifting by An-12Bs of two troops of AMX-13 light tanks to Chushul in Ladakh, where the small airstrip was 15,000 ft (4570m) above sea level.
7/1/1962Purushottamdas Tandon, great leader and editor, died at Allahabad.
11/21/1993R.F. Botha, Foreign Minister, moots a grouping of Indian Ocean countries.
1/2/1930Mazharul Haque, greatest social worker, politician, nationalist, poet, journalist and writer, died.
11/11/2000Mohun Bagan wins the Durand Cup in New Delhi.