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Historical Event on 12/28/1981
Salman Rushdie is awarded the Booker Prize for Midnight's Children.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/5/1903 | Former minister William Petty declares Persian Gulf a part of British dominion in India. |
| 9/5/1846 | Sir Charles Metkaf, Governor General of East India Company, died. |
| 1/14/1994 | The first Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Centenary Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research, instituted by ICMR in 1991-92, was announced in 1994 (Dr. G. Padamanabhan, Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, is the first recipient of this Award). |
| 10/22/1999 | The Prime Minister warns of more 'hard decisions'. |
| 9/30/1999 | A B Vajpayee, Prime Minister, calls upon the people at an election campaign in Lucknow to give him a five-year term. |
| 5/19/1990 | S. R. Bommai unanimously elected President of JD. |
| 8/29/1612 | Battle at Surat in India; English fleet beats Portuguese. |
| 9/15/1997 | Prasar Bharati Act comes into force seeking to free Doordarshan and Akashvani from government control. |
| 2/18/1899 | Jainarain Vyas, leader, freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Jodhpur, Rajasthan. He played a leading role in creating united Rajasthan by integration of various states of Rajputana. He was the first Chief Minister of Rajasthan from 1951 to 1954. |
| 12/19/1995 | Unidentified aircraft drops a heap of sophisticated arms and ammunition, including AK-47 rifles, rocket launchers and anti-tank grenades in Purulia district in West Bengal. |
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