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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
9/20/1857British troops conquered Delhi from the Mutineers.
11/18/1960Raghunath Chaudhary, famous natural poet of Assam, passed away.
4/8/1897Henrich Von Stephan, famous General Postal Union and freedom fighter, passed away.
9/20/1881Pandit Kashinath Babaji (Chandrakant Bhringa), famous Marathi writer, was born at Munjawad in Nasik.
8/8/1967Central government, for the first time since independence, suffered a token defeat in the Lok Sabha.
7/15/1993JD (A)'s Ajit Singh pegs his group's support to government on PM's appearance before the JPC.
8/20/1997Premananda, self-styled godman, sentenced by Pudukottai district and sessions court to life imprisonment for two terms and a fine of Rs. 66.4 lakhs for rape of 13 inmates of his ashram and murder of a male inmate.
6/8/1997Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, Assam Chief Minister, has a narrow escape as a powerful remote-controlled bomb exploded in Maligaon area of Guwahati.
8/29/1923Hiralal Ghasulal Gaekwad, cricket all-rounder who played Test for India in 1952-53, was born in Nagpur.
4/27/1918Gandhiji attends Viceroy's War Conference at Delhi and addresses it in Hindustani; subsequently tours Kaira District to raise recruits for army.