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Historical Event on 10/28/1996

L.K. Advani, BJP President, appears personally for the first time in a Gwalior Court.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/29/1896Swami Paranabananda Brahamachari, founder of `Bharat Sevashram Sangha', was born in Bajitpur village of Faridpur district. He took 'sanyas' in 1924.
2/18/1993Phoolan Devi, the legendary Bandit Queen, was released after 11 years in jail. A heroine to many low-caste Indians, she was born into the Mallah caste of fishermen, close to the bottom of India's rigid social scale, and became a bandit after she was gang-raped. She led her rural band in robbing and killing upper-caste Thakurs in revenge for the murder of her lover and acquired a Robin Hood image. The Rebel of the Ravines siad, ""I shall work for the upliftment of the women and downtrodden"".
2/11/1993Naik sacks six ministers in Maharashtra.
11/16/1887Padmacharan Patnaik, famous Orria poet, was born.
6/11/1932Minu Modi, famous industrialist, was born.
12/24/1999Indian Airlines Kathmandu-Delhi Airbus 300 with 186 people on board hijacked shortly after take-off.
3/8/1833Vishwanath Narayan Mandalik, famous journalist, writer and social reformer, was born.
3/8/1833Bahadur Shah captured the fort of Chittor and then marched against the Mughal emperor.
11/23/1993'The Bullshit'', a Turkish film, wins the Golden Elephant award at the 8th International Childrens film festival in Udaipur.
3/10/1945Madhavrao Scindia, prince of Gwalior and Congress leader, was born.