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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
1/28/1933India in Waldorf Hotel in London read out a four and a half page note in Cambridge.
2/5/1986Laxmanrao Sardesai, famous Marathi and Konkani litterateur, passed away.
4/2/1980Raj Narain expelled from Lok Dal forms Janata (S) Party.
2/26/1996Sahib Singh Verma sworn in as Delhi's second CM.
12/16/1867Amy Carmichael, Scotch Irish missionary, was born. She went to India in 1895 under the Zenana Missionary Society, remaining there without furlough until her death 56 years later. An invalid during her last 20 years, she worked to rescue children from the Hindus.
12/10/1905Robert Koch received the Nobel Prize for Medicine for his work on Tuberculosis.
12/31/1965Sivaramakrishan Laxman, right-hand batsman and leg break bowler, was born in Madras.
8/25/1997Cabinet approved the draft of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) which was to replace the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA).
3/12/1996Election Commission rejects claim by Indira Congress as the real Congress. The 'hand' symbol will remain with Indian National Congress headed by PVN Rao.
6/1/1996Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, former President of India, passed away.