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Historical Event on 12/28/2000
India, Russia sign their biggest yet defence deal for licensed production of the Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter jets worth $3 billion.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/11/1967 | 6.5 earthquake in West India, 170 killed. |
| 6/3/1916 | Smt. Nathibai Damodar Thakarsey Women's University was established. |
| 6/12/1975 | Allahabad court voids Indira Gandhi's election as premier, citing corruption at New Delhi. |
| 7/23/1996 | R. Bhattacharji was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He is heading this office till date. |
| 9/6/1961 | D. N. Kohli was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 28-05-1966. |
| 9/2/1894 | Vinayak Mishra, famous Oriya litterateur, critic and historian, was born. |
| 1/7/1685 | Gerard George Clifford, Dutch director of East India Company, was born. |
| 12/25/1946 | Gandhiji said, at Noakhali, ""I am being tested through and through"". |
| 12/1/1991 | Stone laid for the Sanskrit University at Kaladi, the birthplace of Adi Sankara. |
| 4/21/1996 | Sanjay Thapar of the IAF (leader) becomes first Indian to parachute down to geometric North pole and unfurl the flag. |
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