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Historical Event on 6/28/1991

K. Doraiswamy, a senior executive of the Indian Oil Corporation, was kidnapped by Kashmir ultras.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/8/1936Corbett National Park was established. It was the first country in the country.
2/20/2000India-born Mr. Ujjal Dosanjh (52), leader of New Democratic Party, sworn in Canada's first Indo-Canadian Premier of British Columbia.
3/22/1902Great Britain and Persia agree to link Europe and India by telegraph.
9/21/1954Last Indian troops withdraw from Tibet.
12/20/1990Supreme Court stays Delhi High Court judge Justice Chawla's orders on the Bofors issue.
8/25/199710,000 people residing in low lying areas in Gujarat shifted to safer places following incessant rains for two days. Death toll mounts to 265.
12/20/1931Leela Nag (Leela Roy), freedom fighter and editor of Jayshri, was arrested in Bengal for her association with ""Depali Sangh"" who supported Chatgang Ammunition Plot against the Bengal Government.
4/18/1971Gavaskar makes 220 in second innings vs West Indies after 124 in first.
8/6/1997Cabinet approves a proposal to amend the Hindu Marriage Act and the Special Marriage Act, with a view to removing epilepsy as a ground for annulling marriage or for declaring marriage as null and void.
3/10/1926Dilbagh Singh, Air Chief Marshal, the second Sikh Chief of Air Staff and Indian Air Force, was born in Punjab.