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Historical Event on 12/28/1981

Salman Rushdie is awarded the Booker Prize for Midnight's Children.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/30/1977Swami Agnivesh merged his 'Bhartiya Aryasabha Party' in Janata Party.
4/7/1987In a case filed by Saira Banu of Kerela, Supreme Court held that all wives, including Muslim women, whose husbands have either married again or taken a mistress are entitled to maintenance.
10/26/1961Heavy fighting flared up between India and Communist China in their three-year-old dispute over border lines in the Himalayas. Each side accused the other of initiating the fighting that began along the Tibetan border early in October.
8/22/1993V P Singh leaves Delhi on a self-imposed exile vowing not to return until the government implemented job reservation for backward classes.
12/15/1976Daily newspaper ""Lokmat"" published it's first Jalgaon edit
7/20/1990GOI notifies restrictions on liberal import policy announced earlier. The restrictions will cut the import bill by about Rs. 1000 crore.
7/28/1989Mufti Mohammad Sayeed was disqualified from Rajya Sabha. It was the first case of such disqualification from the House under anti-defection law.
3/21/1966Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-P3) placed into polar orbit. This carries remote sensing payload and an X-ray astronomy payload. Launched by third developmental flight of India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-D3) which is for launching 1,000-1,200 kg class of remote sensing satellites into polar sun-synchronous orbit. Still in service.
1/18/1992Muthuswami Pillai, father of Bharat Natyam classical dance, passed away.
3/3/1943Gandhi breaks his hunger strike after 21 days.