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Historical Event on 11/28/1999

Senior Awami League leader Mohammed Anwar Sheikh is killed and his wife and daughter-in-law are seriously injured in a militant attack on his house in Kashmir.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/26/1992Gyanapith award winner Prof. V.K.Gokak (82) passes away.
5/8/1997Mumbai High Court holds that Christian women can seek divorce on the sole ground of being subjected to cruelty and need not prove infedidelity on the part of their husbands or desertion.
5/12/1998Bill Clinton, US President, asks India to sign the CTBT.
5/1/1993Narayan Ganesh Goray, socialist stalwart, 86, passed away in Pune.
2/10/1921Mahatma Gandhi inaugurated Kashi Vidya Peeth.
10/26/1961Heavy fighting flared up between India and Communist China in their three-year-old dispute over border lines in the Himalayas. Each side accused the other of initiating the fighting that began along the Tibetan border early in October.
12/4/1998Christians across the country observe a protest day against the recent attacks on the community and its institutions.
2/16/1927Rail service started between India and Nepal.
9/1/1947Mahatma Gandhi undertakes a fast for unity among Hindus and Muslims. He breaks the fast after 73 hours when peace is restored.
7/22/1678Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj won the fort of Vellore.