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Historical Event on 4/28/1986

Malayalam film `Chidambaram' directed by G. Aravindan wins best feature film award and Shyam Benegal bags the Best Director award for the Hindi film 'Trikal'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/10/1975India accords recognition to the Palestine Liberation Organization.
9/5/1998Trishul and Akash test fired from Chandipore.
7/1/1996RBI reduces cash reserve ratio to 12\%.
3/13/1989The first straw fired thermal power plant was laid in Jakhari village of Punjab.
10/31/1999Shankar Dayal Sharma, former President, is conferred with the Indira Gandhi Award.
6/20/1995B.R. Verma was made pro-tem Speaker by Governor by invoking Article 180 (1).
12/3/1971Hostilities broke out between India and Pakistan. On the very night that hostilities commenced, with Pakistan bombing several air fields, IN Ships 'Rajput' and 'Akshay' were leaving Vishakapatnam harbour when they obtained a sonar contact. They fired several depth charges and proceeded on their mission when there was no further evidence of a submarine's presence. Thereafter, a loud explosion of rattling windows panes off the Vishakapatnam beach was heard . The Pakistani submarine 'Ghazi' (a Tench class submarine obtained from the USA in 1964) had come to grief.
8/5/1978Five died and 70 were injured as upper-caste Hindus clashed with untouchables in Maharashtra.
7/16/1996The four basin states of Narmada valley - Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra - reach agreement to raise the height of Sardar Sarovar dam in Gujarat to 436' after which hydrological studies will be done for 5 years to decide whether the height should be raised to the awarded 455'.
12/13/1999The Government lodges protest with the Pakistani Rangers following the discovery of a tunnel near the Indo-Pak border.