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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
8/19/1994Rupee made fully convertible on current account.
7/1/1992Truck operators begin nation-wide strike to press for the abolition of toll tax and octroi.
10/24/1657Kalyan and Bhiwandi came under the rule of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
5/8/1725John Lovewell, US Indian fighter, passed away in a battle.
5/26/1885Govindagraj (Ram Ganesh Gadkari), great Marathi playwright, comedy author and poet, was born.
11/2/2000John Wright is appointed India coach by the BCCI.
12/23/1900Charansingh Chaudhary, former Prime Minister of India and a farmer's leader, was born.
5/9/1998Playback singer Talat Mehmood, 75, passed away in Mumbai.
7/6/1787Robert founded Indian Botanic Garden near Calcutta by Kyd on 273 acres of land.
10/24/2000Hyrunnisa, suspected to be the key accused in the Kollam liquor tragedy, nabbed along with her husband and a worker in her shop in Guruvayur.