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Historical Event on 8/28/1994

Three medical officers of the Field Ambulance unit were killed when the Indian contingent was trying to stem the war in Somalia.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/10/1997Bill Gates, Chairman and CEO of Microsoft, announces Rs. 2.5 crore aid to Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Gandhi Institute of Computer Education and Information Technology, Mumbai.
10/24/1868Balasaheb Pantpratinidhi, king of Aundh and painter, was born.
2/15/1920Kanti Mehta, trade unionist, was born at Calcutta.
1/27/1967Delimitation Agreement for Warfare in space was signed by 60 nations in United Nation.
2/19/1995National Research Centre for Oil Palm(NRCOP), the only institute exclusively devoted to Oil Palm research in India, was established.
1/2/1973General S. H. F. J. Manekshaw appointed as Field Marshall.
5/13/1918Balasarswati, famous dancer of Bharat Natyam, was born.
8/5/1969Bapu Krishnarao Venkatesh Prasad, cricketer (consistent Indian Test pace bowler 1996-), was born in Bangalore.
6/5/1997I. K. Gujral's visit to Nepal was marked by signing of Power Trade Agreement and MoU on civil aviation.
11/19/2000The Government announces a partial rollback in the price of kerosene by Re. 1 a litre and LPG by Rs. 10 a cylinder in deference to the demands by allies led by the Trinamool Congress.