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Historical Event on 12/28/1981

Salman Rushdie is awarded the Booker Prize for Midnight's Children.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/1/1910Rajnath Pandey, great writer and educationist, was born in Pindra, Varanasi (U.P.).
10/9/2000The Centre appoints Yogendra Narain as the new defence secretary and K. Sibal as the secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs while effecting a major bureaucratic reshuffle.
3/16/1966Judge Amal Kumar Sarkar became the Chief Justice of India. He held this office till 29/06/1966.
3/24/1977Ban on RSS and 26 other organisations lifted.
11/20/1990Mulayam Singh Yadav's JD (S) ministry wins a confidence motion (224-146) with the help of Congress (I) in Uttar Pradesh.
4/17/1941Office of Price Administration was formed which handled the rationing of essential commodities.
10/24/1605Jahangir became the fourth Emperor of Mughal Empire at Agra.
7/24/1932Madhukar Devram Toradmal, famous actor and playwright, was born.
8/20/1905Lord George Curzon reigned as the Viceroy of India. He was then replaced by Lord Minto II, the Earl of Minto.
8/15/1990India successfully test fires 'Akash', an advanced medium range surface to air missile.