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Historical Event on 10/28/2000

The Royal Canadian Mounted police arrest two Sikhs, Ripudaman Singh Malik (53) and Ajaib Singh Bagri (51), in Vancouver in connection with the downing of Air India Boeing 747 en route from Canada to London in 1985.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/8/1864Hari Narayan Apte, a well known Marathi writer who popularised social and historical themes in his novels, was born. He presided over the 8th Marathi Sahitya Sammelen in 1912.
4/9/1965After Indo-Pak conflict of 1965, the Raksha Medal, Samar Seva Star and some others were introduced.
4/9/1965Jesuit father and first Englishman S.J.Thomas Stephens arrived at Goa in a Portuguese ship. He settled here and died in 1619.
3/29/1914Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram came in India.
10/25/1964First indigenous tank was manufactured in Awdi factory and was named 'Vijayant'.
10/14/1991Prasannakumar Abhyankar, senior journalist, died.
5/22/1989IRBM 'Agni' Missile launched successfully from Chandipur, Orissa.
11/7/1974South Africa beats India in Women's Open in 63rd Tennis Davis Cup.
11/7/1995G-15 summit concludes calling for South-South cooperation and reduction of trade barriers, tariffs among the member countries, stability of interest and exchange rates.
1/17/1981Central Government offers full statehood to Mizoram.