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Historical Event on 12/28/1995

Third Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1C), carring advanced remote sensing cameras was launched by Russian Molniya launch vehicle. It is still in service.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/8/1994Kamkothi Parmacharya Shri Chandrashekhar Saraswati, 68th Shankaracharya of Kanchi maat and Indian Saint, passed away at the the of 99.
12/23/1983Micheal Chopra, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Newcastle, England.
3/25/1963Yagyawalk Bharadwaj, famous botany scientist, passed away.
1/1/1999George Fernandes, Defence Minister, said the sacked Naval Chief, Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat, had been displaying ""disturbing tendencies"" for over a year and even threatened his successor, Admiral Sushil Kumar, with court martial.
12/5/1951Abanindranath Tagore, a great Modern Indian Painter, passed away.
5/27/1999Sharad Pawar, Tariq Anwar and P.A. Sangma launch the Nationalist Congress Party.
6/1/1955India's Untouchability (Offence) Act comes into force.
3/4/1961First Indian aircraft carrier naval fighter vessel ''I.N.S. Vikrant'' was commissioned in Belfast.
7/19/1969Indian Government nationalised 14 major commercial banks of India by Presidental ordinance.
8/14/1968Week-long flood death toll reaches 1,000.