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Historical Event on 6/28/1996

India opens its office (based in Gaza city) in the area under the Palestinian Authority.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/28/1985M.G. Katre became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 31/10/89).
9/7/1968Benipuri Sharma, famous Hindi novelist, died.
7/31/1985Lalit Maken, Congress (I) M.P, his wife and a visitor at their residence in Delhi were shot down by terrorists.
11/5/1999Malcom Marshall, legendary West Indian fast bowler, died at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital after battling colon cancer for over six months.
6/5/1882Cyclonic Storm & floods in Arabian Sea hit Bombay. About 100,000 people drowned.
10/18/1901Mahatma Gandhi sails for India.
6/7/1998India emerges World Bank's single largest borrower with cumulative loans of 44 billion dollars.
3/23/1911Indranath Bandopadhyay, Bengali comedy writer and journalist, passed away.
11/18/1978Dhirendra Ganguly, film maker, writer, director and actor, passed away.
1/1/1956No. 20 Squadron, Indian Air Force's first jet squadron equipped with Vampires, was formed and christened 'The Lightnings'.