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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
5/18/1974First underground Atomic device explosion for India was carried out successfully near Pokhran in Rajasthan (Thar Desert) at 8:05 a.m. This event made India as the 6th nation to explode an atomic bomb.
10/18/1992Zimbabwe's first Test match vs India at Harare.
5/16/1945Prahraj Gopalchandra, modern author of Oria language, passed away.
6/13/1999The Indian army secures the strategic Tololing peak in the Dras sector.
3/12/1612Usman Khan Lohani, son of Isa Khan, was defeated in the battle of Nekujyal. He died as the last independent ruler of Bengal.
2/9/1951The first census of free India of enumeration work was started.
12/19/1969Nayan Ramlal Mongia, cricketer (Indian Test batsman-wicketkeeper 1994- ), was born in Baroda.
11/29/1989Rajiv Gandhi resigned from the post of Prime Minister of India.
1/7/1990President returns the Indian Post Office (Amendment) Bills of 1986 to Parliament at the instance of the Government.
7/19/1925Dinesh Singh, freedom fighter and politician, was born at Kalakankar (U.P).