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Historical Event on 8/28/1998

India and Pakistan clash at the Security Council after New Delhi denounced the running of terrorist training camps in the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Afghanistan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/16/1927Rail service started between India and Nepal.
8/20/1974Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed elected President of India with B. D. Jatti as Vice President.
11/11/1906Chetput Ramaswami Pattabhi Raman, politician and social worker, was born at Madras.
6/9/1949Kiran Bedi, the first woman Indian Police Service Officer, was born in Amritsar, Punjab.
8/2/1891Padmashree V. P. Karmarkar (Nanasaheb), famous sculptor, was born.
11/8/2000Queen Ingrid (90), Denmark's Swedish born queen mother and great-grand daughter of Britain's Queen Victoria, died in Copenhagen.
4/8/1946HMS Vengeance, sailed with 22 aircraft of No. 4 Sqn, halted at Singapore for re-fueling and set course for Iwakuni, a port of Kyushu island.
10/20/1999The Cabinet approves the Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA) Bill for introduction in the current session of Lok Sabha if time permits.
2/2/1982Mohanlal Purushottamdas Sukhadia, Chief Minister of Rajasthan, freedom fighter, passed away. He was the Chief Minister of Rajasthan from 1954-1971. He introduced Panchayati Raj in Rajasthan and worked for its industrialisation also.
2/13/1993School collapses killing 21 pupils and 4 teachers.