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Historical Event on 8/28/1973
India and Pakistan signed P.O.W Accord paving way for release of 90,000 Pakistanis.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/29/1997 | Supreme Court rules that water is a 'mineral'. |
| 8/3/1957 | Devdas Gandhi, son of Rashtrapita Mahatma Gandhiji and noted journalist, passed away. |
| 3/16/1877 | Nanalal Dalpatram Kavi, famous poet, Gujarati litterateur and Headmaster, was born. |
| 3/16/1993 | Bomb blast in a multi-storey building in Calcutta kills 70 people. |
| 9/17/1937 | Sitakant Mahapatra, 1933 Gyanpeeth awardee and famous Orria poet, was born. |
| 4/7/1920 | Ravi Shankar Bhattacharya, renowned Sitar player (Sounds of India), was born in Banaras, India. |
| 10/9/1947 | P. C. Joshi, General Secretary, Communist Party of India (CPI), appealed to all LEFT parties to rally around Nehru to fight for peace. |
| 3/1/1994 | Manmohan Desai, famous Hindi film maker, passed away. He was 57. |
| 3/26/1969 | Vikram Rathour, cricketer (Indian Test opening batsman 1996-), was born in Jalandhar. |
| 8/15/1997 | Freedom fighter's pension to be doubled from the existing Rs. 1,500. |
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