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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
9/25/1999Eighth SAF Games inaugurated in Kathmandu.
1/7/1956Vinoo Mankad scores 231 vs New Zealand, 413 opening stand with Roy.
8/22/1942Harikrishna Kaul (Raja Pandit), administrator and Prime Minister of Jammu Kashmir and Patiyala, died.
8/12/1979Heavy rains resulted in bursting of a dam thus causing floods in Moorvi and Lilapur in Gujarat, killing over 1,335 people.
1/18/1999The office of the Board of Control for Cricket in India is ransacked allegedly by Shiv Sainiks protesting agains Pakistan team's tour of India. Shiv Sena denies hand in attack.
4/8/1835Raja Ram Mohan Roy reached England.
1/27/1901Tarkatirtha Laxmanshastri Joshi, the great thinker, master of Sanskrit and editor of Marathi Vishwakosh, was born.
11/20/1989Hirabai Barodekar, famous singer of ""Kirana Gharana"", passed away.
6/24/1986Government announced that unmarried mothers under its employment would also get maternity leave.
10/28/1964Padmabhushan Vaikunthbhai Mehta, famous Gandhian leader, passed away.