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Historical Event on 3/28/1997

India and Pakistan, represented by Salman Haider and Shamshad Ahmed, Foreign Secretaries, hold official talks on issues at New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/26/1990V. Shantaram, veteran film producer, director and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, died at the age of 90 years in Bombay.
3/29/1914Sudhir Gupta, famous Hindi poet and educationist, was born in Kalasgram, Bangladesh.
10/5/1997Dr. Kalpana Chawla became the first Indian woman to become an astronaut. (year 1997 or Oct. 5, 1998)
3/28/1997Final phase of repatriation of Chakma and other tribal refugees of the Chittagong Hill Tracts from Tripura begins.
2/5/1992D.D. Lapang takes over as the new CM of Meghalaya.
8/8/1991India and Soviet Union extend their treaty of peace, friendship and co-operation for 20 more years.
3/9/1994Devika Rani Roerich, the first lady of the Indian screen, died at the age of 87 years in Bangalore.
9/23/1967P. S. Vaidya, great Indian ODI pace bowler (1995-96), was born.
2/25/1977Second satellite Earth Station established at Dehradun.
9/18/1972India becomes the top film producer of the world with 433 feature films made in 1971.