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Historical Event on 11/28/1999

Senior Awami League leader Mohammed Anwar Sheikh is killed and his wife and daughter-in-law are seriously injured in a militant attack on his house in Kashmir.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/11/1959Vinoo Mankad plays his final Test Cricket (vs West Indies at Delhi).
6/1/1972Space Commission and Department of Space was set up. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) brought under Department of Space (DOS).
5/21/1927Cargo Transportation service started between Calcutta and Bagdogra.
6/23/1992Tin Bigha Day protest in India of corridor opening to Bangladesh.
4/24/1998India wins the Coca Cola Cup at Sharjah, beating Australia by six wickets in the final.
1/22/1989Madhya Pradesh CM Arjun Singh resigns on Churhat lottery case grounds.
1/7/1987Kapil Dev takes his 300th Test wicket. At 28, he was the youngest cricketer to accomplish this feat.
5/19/1969Cyclone hit Andhra Pradesh claiming 608 lives and rendering 20,000 homeless.
7/28/1924Many deaths were reported and several villages were destroyed due to floods in the south.
3/7/1961Govind Ballabh Pant passed away. He had served eight years as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He was bestowed with Bharat Ratna in 1959.