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Historical Event on 5/28/1997

Former Union Ministers Arjun Singh, N.D. Tiwari, R.K. Dhawan and Madhavrao Scindia discharged in the Jain hawala case by special judge V.B. Gupta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/30/1699Guru Govind Singh the 10th Guru of Sikh's established 'Khalsa Panth'.
3/4/1996India and EU agree on a plan to boost trade ties.
12/1/1999Supreme Court quashes a pending inquiry initiated by the Election Commission against former Union Finance Minister Manmohan Singh.
2/3/1873Prabhatkumar Mukhopadhyay, famous Bengali short story writer and novelist, was born.
5/16/1996Atal Krishna Behari Vajpayee, leader of Bharatiya Janta Party, becomes the 10th Prime Minister for 13 days (from May 16, 1996 to May 28, 1996 [techinally till 01-06-1996]), although his ability to govern effectively is in doubt.
4/7/1998Soli Sorabjee is appointed Attorney-General of India.
11/18/1727Maharaja Jai Singh-II of Amber laid the stone of Jaipur City. Vidyadhar Chakravarty of Bengal was the architect of the first planned city in India.
2/8/1994Gopalrao Deuskar, internationally famed painter, passed away.
5/17/1897Dhirendra Varma, famous linguist, was born.
10/1/1990Supreme Court stays implementation of Mandal Commission recommendations.