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Historical Event on 12/28/1971

Nanak Singh, famous novelist and poet, died at Preet Nagar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/24/2000The Government re-instates Dr. R.S.Paroda as the Director-General of the ICAR.
3/4/1990Sunderlal Patwa (BJP) and D. Ramachandran (DMK) named CM's of Madhya Pradesh and Pondicherry respectively.
12/4/1993Mulayam Singh Yadav, takes over as CM of UP; Bhairon Singh Sekhawat of Congress sworn in as CM of Rajasthan.
10/30/1996Pop star Michael Jackson arrives in Bombay.
1/5/1994Jnanpith Award was given to U. R. Anantha Murthy (Kannada).
11/19/1978Gavaskar gets twin cricket tons for India for second time.
11/5/1995Common Guidance test flight of Trishul successful.
1/1/1998The Election Commission announces the poll schedule for the 12th Lok Sabha. The polling will be on February 16, 22, 28 and March 7. Simultaneously, elections are to be held for the Meghalaya, Tripura, Nagaland, Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assemblies.
11/29/1948Assembly bans discrimination against untouchables.
3/29/1857Sepoy Mangal Pandey shot the first bullet of 1857 Indian mutiny in the barracks of Barrackpur near Calcutta against British Empire. This was the starting of the mutiny.