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Historical Event on 12/28/1998

India and Sri Lanka sign an agreement to establish a bilateral free trade area, after the visiting Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga and Prime Minister A. B. Vajpayee, have sorted out the differences that held up the negotiations on it in the past.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/7/1994Malhotra Committee recommends privatisation and foreign participation of LIC and GIC.
5/6/1952Dr. Rajendra Prasad re-elected the President of India ""Rashtrapati"" after the first Presidential election held under the Indian constitution.
8/18/1923Jamshed Khudadaad Irani, cricket wicket-keeper for India during the 1947-48 Australia tour, was born in Karachi.
5/13/1952Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru again becomes the Prime Minister of India and forms a new union ministry.
4/15/1992Union Carbide decides to sell its holdings in India to raise upto $ 17 million for a hospital in Bhopal.
3/28/1645Har Govind Singh, Sikh Guru, died.
10/2/1950Persis Khambatta, famous actress (Star Trek, Megaforce), was born in Bombay.
3/26/1931New Delhi replaces Calcutta as capital of British-Indies.
10/4/1992D. M. Sutar, freedom fighter and senior journalist, died.
8/8/1972Olympics open at Munich (26).