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Historical Event on 12/28/1983
Gavaskar achieves his 30th century beating Bradman's 29.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/4/1979 | India need 438 to win v England, game ends at 8-429. |
| 1/22/1986 | Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Awards instituted. |
| 2/23/1997 | 176 people dead and 500 injured in a major fire at a religious congregation in Baripada, Orissa. |
| 2/13/1999 | The 5th National Games were inaugurated by President K.R. Narayanan in Imphal. |
| 6/8/1906 | Syed Nazir Ali, cricketer (bro of Wazir Ali, India's 1st Test 1932), born at Jullunder. |
| 8/25/1960 | Olympics opened at Rome. |
| 9/29/1993 | National Human Rights Commission set up. |
| 7/24/1997 | Mahasweta Devi, Bengali litterateur, is recipient of this year's Ramon Magsaysay Award for journalism, literature and creative communication arts for her writings on indigenous communities. |
| 3/6/1998 | A Congress(I) Ministry headed by Virbhadra Singh is sworn in at Himachal Pradesh. |
| 1/26/1960 | More medals for armed forces were instituted including the Vishisht Seva Medal (in the classes), Sainya Seva Medal, Videsh Seva Medal and Sena, Nao Sena and Vayu Sena Medals. |
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