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Historical Event on 10/28/1996

Press Council of India to set up a 5-member committee headed by Chairman P.B. Sawant to inquire into the attack on journalists outside the New Delhi residence of Kanshi Ram.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/18/1993BJP issues white paper on Ayodhya.
7/18/1634Joannes Camphuys, Governor General of Dutch-Indies (1684-91), was born.
5/18/1945Bhagwat Subramaniam Chandrasekhar, cricketer (brilliant Indian leggie 1964-79), was born in Banglore. He received Arjun Award and Padmashree awards in 1972.
11/1/1902Alwar Iyengar Jaggu, famous Hindi writer and professor, was born at Chatra Ghosham.
6/11/1999India provided incontrovertible tape evidence of Pakistan's involvement in the Kargil sector. The Indian army killed 23 intruders in the Batalik and Dras sectors but lost 15 of its men.
9/3/2000National Cricket Academy (NCA) wins the MRF Buchi Babu Cricket tournament in Chennai.
11/14/1993Dr. Manibhai Desai, great Gandhian and social worker, passed away.
8/22/1993V P Singh leaves Delhi on a self-imposed exile vowing not to return until the government implemented job reservation for backward classes.
8/11/2000Usha Mehta, great Gandhian, passed away.
1/18/1999Gul Panag (20) from Delhi was crowned Femina Miss India Universe at the Miss India 1999 beauty pageant in Pune.