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Historical Event on 3/28/1997

India and Pakistan, represented by Salman Haider and Shamshad Ahmed, Foreign Secretaries, hold official talks on issues at New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/17/1914Syed Mushtaq Ali Takub Khan, cricketer, prolific Indian batsman of 30's & 40's, was born in Indore.
10/30/1966First meeting of the Shiv Sena at Shivaji Park.
3/9/1961Kotamaraju Rama Rao, famous journalist, passed away.
1/15/1966The Indian Air Force achieved equal status with the Army and possessed in excess of 70,000 personnel and was nearing its 45-squadron goal. Its composition in the autumn of 1968 included 23 fighter category squadrons, three tactical bomber squadrons, a maritime patrol squadron (with ex-Air India L. 1049G Super Constellations), 11 transport squadrons, four AOP squadrons, a number of helicopter units and a few SAM squadrons.
8/27/1946Gandhiji cables warning to British Government against repetition of ""Bengal Tragedy"". He also wrote to Wavell.
3/10/1954The history of 104 HU, the most prestigious and the oldest Helicopter Unit of the IAF, is studded with more than four decades of glorious past and yeomen service rendered to the country. One-O-Four was raised as Helicopter Flight at Palam on 10th March 1954.
3/5/1995Jalal Aga, famous comedian and character artist, passed away.
2/11/1861Brahma Bandhav Upadhyay was born in Khanyan village of Bengal.
8/12/1905Japan, Britain reach an accord determining spheres of influence in Far East; India to remain with the British.
2/12/1932Roby James Francis D. Silva, great industrialist, artist and designer, was born at Bombay.