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Historical Event on 8/28/1993

President's rule in J&K extended for another six months.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/4/1910Ramaswami Venkataraman, former President of India (1987-92), was born.
7/6/1881Saint Gulabrao Maharaj was born in Vidarbha.
4/21/1996Sanjay Thapar of the IAF (leader) becomes first Indian to parachute down to geometric North pole and unfurl the flag.
11/16/198966 out of 71 trapped miners at Raniganj rescued.
8/11/1997135 persons killed in flash floods in Shimla & Kiannaur districts of Himachal Pradesh.
7/29/1997India to revive 'Agni' Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile programme.
7/25/1991Dr. V. K. R. V. Rao, famous economist and former central minister, passed away.
8/25/1981Sharad Pawar, Maharashtra leader, elected the President of Congress.
9/4/1990An all-party meeting refuses to endorse the decision to implement Mandal Commission Report according to which 27\% jobs are reserved for backward communities.
10/31/1984Indira Gandhi, India's four-time prime minister, was gunned down by two members of her personal security guard as she walked from her home to her office in New Delhi. She died after four hours of emergency surgery. The only daughter of former Prime Minister Nehru was 66. Both of her attackers were identified as members of the Sikh religion. One was shot dead. The other was captured. Sikh extremists had threatened to kill Ms. Gandhi since she ordered the raid on their shrine in Amritsar. She had told an interviewer that she was not intimidated by the threats. 'I am not afraid,' she said. 'I am frequently attacked.'