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Historical Event on 12/28/1981
Madras-Penang undersea cable commissioned.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/18/1968 | The Resolution on Official Languages was passed by both the houses of the Parliament wherin the need to formulate a more intensive and comprehensive programme for the progressive use of Hindi for Official purposes, preparing annual assessment report for reviewing the progress, formulating a programme for the co-ordinated development of the other languages included in the 8th schedule alongwith Hindi, adopting of a tri-langual formula, making the knowledge of either Hindi or English compulsory for recruitment to the services of the Union, and inclusion of all the languages of the 8th schedule of the Constitution and English as the optional medium for the exams conducted by the union Public Service Commission at the appropriate time, has been stressed. |
| 5/13/1991 | P. Sudhir Kumar released in exchange for a few Naxals in jail. |
| 1/7/1993 | C. Subramaniam, Maharashtra Governor, resigns. |
| 9/29/1992 | Forex norms relaxed for wide range of purposes. |
| 12/19/1917 | Ashoknath Banerjee, Governor of Karnataka, was born. |
| 12/19/1917 | Genghis Khan, Monghol conqueror, passed away. |
| 11/9/1897 | Kotamaraju Rama Rao, founder-editor of Lucknow's ""National Herald"", was born at Chirala. He was referred by Gandhiji as 'Fighting Edit |
| 6/13/1966 | 60 people were killed in a collision between two suburban trains of Bombay. |
| 11/5/1927 | Lord Irwin, Viceroy of India, met Gandhiji, S.Shriniwas Iyengar and M.A. Ansari Congress leaders at New Delhi. |
| 9/16/2000 | In an important pronouncement, the Rajasthan High Court declares Jains as a religious minority community and allows teaching institutions set up by them to enjoy minority status under Articles 29 and 30 of the Constitution. |
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