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Historical Event on 10/28/2000

The Royal Canadian Mounted police arrest two Sikhs, Ripudaman Singh Malik (53) and Ajaib Singh Bagri (51), in Vancouver in connection with the downing of Air India Boeing 747 en route from Canada to London in 1985.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/22/1977Nalinibala Devi, Assamese poet, passed died.
3/23/1913Indian Muslim Conference passes resolution demanding immediate self-government.
9/29/2000A special court convicted former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao and his then cabinet colleague Buta Singh in the JMM MPs' bribery case. Nine others got benefit of doubt.
1/1/1979This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of the Child"".
2/6/1966Madurai Kamraj University established.
1/28/1925Raja Ramanna, fourth President of Indian Atomic Energy Commission, was born.
10/9/2000The Reserve Bank of India issued bank notes in the denomination of Rs.1000 in the Mahatma Gandhi series bearing the leader's portrait in the watermark and signature of Dr. Bimal Jalan, Governor of the RBI. The length of the note is 177 mm and the width is 73 mm. The notes are printed in a combination of offset and intaglio processes. This is the first note with intaglio printing on it.
4/15/1963Manoj Prabhakar, cricketer (Indian opening batsman & opening bowler), was born in Ghaziabad.
11/6/1985Sanjeev Kumar, film actor, died.
2/27/1854Lord Dalhousie captured Jhansi under the East India Company.