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Historical Event on 10/28/1998

The 1997 B.C. Roy National Award was presented to 18 medical experts.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/28/1975As a response to anti-government demonstrations, India imposes the toughest press censorship since independence.
6/19/1871Madhavrao Sapre was born.
1/1/1664Shivaji assumes royal title.
5/27/1952The use of Hindi language in addition to English language and of Devnagri form of numerals in addition to the international form of Indian numerals was authorised for warrants of appointments of Governors of State, Judges of the Supreme Court and Judges of the High Court.
4/30/1908Khudiram Bose along with Prafulla Chaki had planned to throw a bomb at a carriage supposed to be carrying the tyrannical magistrate Kingsford. Unfortunately he was betrayed and was caught and finally was sentenced to death.
5/3/1969Shri Varahagiri Venkatagiri (1884-1980) became the acting President of India.
12/10/1907Rudyard Kipling, author of `The Jungle Book' and `Kim', received the Nobel prize for literature.
5/29/1991P.V. Narasimha Rao elected President of Congress (I).
10/23/1999V. P. Singh, former Prime Minister, tops the list of star witnesses in Bofors case.
1/24/1952The first International Film Festival of India held in Bombay, this event had a great impact on Indian Cinema.