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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
3/30/1994Bombay beat Bengal by 8 wickets to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy.
6/19/1997Indian Prime Minister and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif, spoke for first time on restored hotline, to reiterate their committment to comprehensive dialogue, including Kashmir.
5/11/1999Supreme Court confirms the death sentence on four of the 26 accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, reduces to life imprisonment the sentence on three others and acquits the remaining 19.
9/20/1993First developmental launch of PSLV and Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1E) carried remote sensing payloads. Could not be placed in orbit.
2/8/1986For the first time in the country, pre-paid taxi sevice scheme was established at New Delhi airport.
3/30/1989Waman Ganpat Behre `Sobat', editor of weekly, passed away.
8/29/1923Hiralal Ghasulal Gaekwad, cricket all-rounder who played Test for India in 1952-53, was born in Nagpur.
12/29/1959Durgapur Iron Plant inaugurated.
12/8/1930British Gen. Norman Simpson shot at desk by Indian nationalists.
1/1/199730-year Ganga water sharing treaty between India and Bangladesh takes effect.