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Historical Event on 8/28/1997
Election Commission orders that no convicted person will be allowed to contest elections even if an appeal against the conviction was pending in a higher court.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/10/1948 | Human Rights Day. |
| 2/6/1932 | Veena Das, revolutionary freedom fighter, shot Stenly Jackson, Governor of Calcutta at the convocation ceremony of B.A. degree, but Jackson was afraid and bend down, thus the aim was missed. |
| 1/2/2000 | Surya Sekar Ganguly (Goodricke National Academy) wins the Junior National chess championship in Sivakasi. |
| 2/28/1988 | Jaydev, famous music director, passed away. |
| 6/8/1936 | Akashwani Radio was later changed into All India Radio (AIR) in 1958. |
| 1/24/1997 | Public holiday in connection with Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose birth centenary. |
| 4/4/1999 | India routed China 5-0 in the Davis Cup Asia Oceania Group I second round play-off in Calcutta. |
| 3/19/1982 | President's rule in Assam. |
| 11/27/1972 | Bhutto reports the release of 616 Indian prisoners captured in the Indian-Pakistani dispute at Pakistan. |
| 8/20/1985 | Sant Harchand Singh Longowal, a ragi, reluctant politician and Sikh leader, died. He was shot by Sikh extremists at Sherpur. |
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