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Historical Event on 8/28/1994

Three medical officers of the Field Ambulance unit were killed when the Indian contingent was trying to stem the war in Somalia.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/20/1998Security forces unearth 770 kg of RDX and plastic explosives in the Tangmay area of Baramulla district in Jammu and Kashmir.
1/24/1826Gnanendra Mohan Tagore, first Indian barrister, was born in Calcutta.
9/11/1824Shivling Surge died at Alpayu.
1/2/1953Government set up a Board of Editors under Dr. Syed Mahmood to prepare a history of Freedom Movement in India.
10/1/1949'Marathi Rangbhumi' , a drama company, established.
8/21/1997Government extends the provision of the payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 to all those societies and trusts which employed 10 or more people.
5/29/1967First blowdown of the 4 ft trisonic tunnel; the tunnel with all auxiliary facilities such as compressor system, electrical sub-station, design office and model fabrication shop is formally set up and commissioned by National Aeronautical Laboratory.
8/2/1987Vishwanathan Anand becomes the first Asian to win the World Junior Chess championship.
8/1/1939Bombay begins Prohibition, first since U.S. law was repealed.
11/16/1992Reservation, Supreme Court rejects economic criteria.