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Historical Event on 10/28/1998

Ghulam Ahmed, former Indian cricket captain, died in Hyderabad.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/26/1997Andhra Pradesh Assembly passes a Bill to amend the Prohibition Act, ending the state's 2-year experiment with total prohibition.
5/25/1997Seven Pakistani infiltrators are killed in an encounter with BSF in Ranbir Singh Pora.
4/11/1937Ramnath Krishnan, well known Indian Tennis player, was born.
6/30/1997Gujarat floods claimed 170 lives.
6/30/1997Bahadur Tair, under their leader Mongol of Hulagu Khan, captured Lahore.
2/16/1927Rail service started between India and Nepal.
12/25/2000A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, launches a Rs.60,000 crore ''Gram Sadak Yojana'' for linking all villages and the ""Antyodaya Anna Scheme'' for providing cheap foodgrains under the TPDS.
1/11/1986Union Government declares Ladakh a Scheduled Tribe area under a constitutional amendment order by the President, applying article 342 for the first time to J&K.
8/8/1948Dr. Yellapragada Subbarow, saintly scientist and nobel prize winner, passed away at Pearl River, New York.
6/20/1756A group of British soldiers along with Halvel were imprisoned by some rebellions in a suffocating cell that gained notoriety as the ""Black Hole of Calcutta."" Most of them died here.