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Historical Event on 8/28/1997

Election Commission orders that no convicted person will be allowed to contest elections even if an appeal against the conviction was pending in a higher court.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/11/2000A Delhi High Court exonerates senior Congress(I) leader and former Union Minister H.K.L. Bhagat in a 1984 anti-Sikh riot case in Delhi (in Mansarovar Park in East Delhi on November 1, 1984).
9/6/1996A Delhi court says there are grounds for framing charges of criminal conspiracy and corruption against L.K. Advani.
10/10/1964Ravi Shankar performs at Town Hall in New York.
8/9/1997Sonia Gandhi addresses Congress plenary session at Calcutta.
9/8/1951The office of Controller of Military Accounts (Pensions) was re-designated as CDA(P), Allahabad.
8/12/1996Supreme Court stays further proceedings against Narasimha Rao in Chandraswami-Lakhubhai Pathak cheating case.
5/20/1964P. T. Usha, famous sprinter, was born.
9/12/1934Shantakumar Jagannath Sharma was born in Garhjamula, Distt. Kangra (Himachal Pradesh).
10/18/1906Depressed Classes Mission Society' was established by Vitthal Ramji Shinde.
9/2/1947Gandhiji is mobbed in Calcutta house; gives up idea of Noakhali visit. Peace efforts intensified.