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Historical Event on 8/28/1997

Election Commission orders that no convicted person will be allowed to contest elections even if an appeal against the conviction was pending in a higher court.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/1/1923Under the leadership of Singaravelu Chettiar, the first May day was celebrated in India.
2/7/1864P. S. S. Iyyer, famous lawyer and educationalist, was born.
3/11/1997Sadhana Mukherjee, a sex-worker from Calcutta, represents India at the first international conference on prostitution beginning in Los Angeles.
6/16/1997K. R. Narayanan, Vice-President, is the joint candidate of Congress(I) and United Front for Presidentship in July 14 election.
9/29/1914German cruiser Emden shells Madras.
1/26/2000Mr. K. Vadivel Raj gets the 1999 Kabir Puraskar for rescuing 11 persons of another community during caste violence in September 1998 in a village in Tamil Nadu.
11/5/1605Accession of Jahangir
10/3/1999India finished with seven silver and four bronze medals in the Asian Junior Athletic Championship in Singapore.
2/6/1953Congress, PSP, CP and Jansangh recognised as All India parties by the Election Commission.
2/13/1713Sultan Jahandar Shah was strangled to death. Farrukhsiyar captured the throne of Delhi from Jahandar Shah with the assistance of two Sayyid brothers.