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Historical Event on 12/28/2000
India, Russia sign their biggest yet defence deal for licensed production of the Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter jets worth $3 billion.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/28/1972 | General Insurance Business was nationalised. |
| 1/28/1911 | The famous Hope diamond, once worn by Marie Antoinette, was bought tonight for over $300,000 by Ned McLean, son of John McLean. Mrs. McLean wore it as a head ornament, guarded by a former Secret Service man who in turn was guarded by two private detectives. Walnut-sized and exquisitely blue in color, the 44.5-carat stone stems from India. Its owners included Louis XIV, Louis XVI, and a London banker named Hope. A sinister history of ill luck, madness, and violent death clings to the unique gem. |
| 11/25/1995 | The four-states of Gujarat, Goa, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh proposes trade bloc for western States (Western Regional Cooperation). |
| 11/25/1995 | Father Francis Xavier, Spanish founder of the Jesuits, 35, and three friends set sail from Lisbon, Portugal for Goa. They became the first Roman Catholic missionaries to travel to India. |
| 8/18/1991 | 12 LTTE militants commit suicide. |
| 6/18/1946 | First Satyagraha movement was started for Goa liberation from the Portuguese. |
| 10/23/1883 | Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia, a pioneer in Indian Geology, was born at Surat in Gujarat. |
| 8/9/1997 | Sonia Gandhi addresses Congress plenary session at Calcutta. |
| 5/26/2000 | Prabhakar G. Surur (93) died in Mumbai. |
| 12/16/1999 | Michael Johnson's 400m world record (43.18s) set up in the Seville World championship was ratified by IAAF. Other records also ratified were Kenyan Noah Ngeny's 1000m mark (2 11.96, Reiti, Italy) and Moroccan Hicham el Guerrouj's 2000m (4 44.79, Berlin). |
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