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Historical Event on 10/28/1997
Gold import placed under Open General Licence.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/1/1985 | Muhammad Azharuddin created a world record at Kanpur by hitting a century in each of his first three test. |
| 5/7/1907 | The First Electric Tramway service commenced in Bombay (Mumbai). This service was inaugurated by Municipality Chairman Vallabhdas Thakersey and Municipal Commissioner Sheppard at 5.30 p.m. This tram was well decorated and destined from Municipal Office upto Crawford Market. |
| 3/7/1987 | Sunil Gavaskar becomes the first batsman to score 10,000 test runs in cricket a match against Pakistan at Ahmedabad. |
| 3/7/1987 | Father Francis Xavier, Spanish founder of the Jesuits, 35, and three friends set sail from Lisbon, Portugal for Goa. They became the first Roman Catholic missionaries to travel to India. |
| 3/20/1951 | Madanlal Udhouram Sharma, cricketer (Indian medium pacer in the 70's), was born in Amritsar. |
| 5/4/1832 | Darpan', a fortnightly magazine started publishing as a weekly. |
| 9/11/1967 | China and India exchange artillery fire on Sikkim-Tibet border. |
| 7/18/1993 | Jayalalitha goes on fast on Cauvery issue. |
| 2/13/1936 | Dinsha Wachha, great Industrialist and social worker, passed away at Mumbai. |
| 5/7/1950 | 81 people died in a rail crash at Patna. A sabotage was suspected. |
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