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Historical Event on 12/28/2000
India, Israel deal on Phalcon AWACS planes put on hold, pending change of guard in the U.S.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/14/1947 | Narsingh Chintaman Kelkar, great litterateur, politician and editor, died. |
| 10/2/1911 | Ambat Menon, great educationist, was born at Chittore, Kerala . |
| 1/26/1926 | V. G. Kanitkar, famous Marathi literatteur, was born. |
| 11/21/1971 | Rebellion in East Pakistan (formerly Bengal). Ten million Bengalis flee to India. Indo-Pak border clashes escalate to war. India defeats West Pakistan. E. Pakistan becomes independent Bangladesh. |
| 12/27/1797 | Mirza Ghalib, great urdu poet and writer, was born at Agra. |
| 7/17/2000 | 55 persons die as a Boeing 737 of Alliance Air from Calcutta to Delhi via Patna and Lucknow crashes at Gardanibagh, one km from the runway at the Patna airport. |
| 11/5/1977 | Indira Gandhi arrested and released unconditionally. The External Affairs Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee addresses the United Nations General Assembly in Hindi. |
| 5/8/1996 | Poll counting begins. |
| 5/24/1956 | Gautam Buddha's 2500th birth anniversary was celebrated. |
| 6/17/1991 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (Posthumous) (1875-1950). |
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