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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
5/14/1995Major train accident near Salem when KK Express collides with goods train killing 51 people.
12/4/1999A batch of 1,690 Indian soldiers leave for Sierra Leone to join the U.N. Mission to implement the peace accord.
3/16/1995World's best 7th wkt stand of 461 runs by Bhupinder Singh Jr. & P. Dharmani.
5/13/1791Lord Cornwallis retreated back to Madras after the battle of Arikera.
6/4/1972First Environment Day.
5/24/1956Gautam Buddha's 2500th birth anniversary was celebrated.
10/29/1988Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya, freedom fighter and political leader, passed away.
5/1/1996Motilal Vohra, U.P. Governor, resigns (hawala case).
3/10/1995Ashok Padbidri, famous journalist and editor, died.
2/10/1949Pune University' established.