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Historical Event on 8/28/1973

India and Pakistan signed P.O.W Accord paving way for release of 90,000 Pakistanis.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/10/1977The Planning Commission decides to introduce the Rolling Plan concept.
5/28/1978The kiss comes to the Hindi screen in 'Love Sublime,' and is seen as a sign of what the govt. calls greater 'creative freedom,' after Indira Gandhi's authoritarian rule at Bombay.
3/22/1938IRFA was registered as a local body not administered by the Government on March 22, 1938 under the Government of India Act No. XXI of 1860.
12/25/1969India all out for 163 at Madras vs Australia, Ashley Mallett takes 5-91.
11/18/1973Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, passed away. She came to India in 1914.
7/21/1994The Supreme Court declares that SC/ST will lose status on migration to other states.
5/6/199712 persons killed and eight seriously injured in two blasts in east Delhi.
11/17/1994Dr. Harbhajan Singh, Punjabi poet, wins Saraswati Samman.
9/20/1932Gandhiji commences ""fast unto death"" (hunger strike) in Poona prison to secure abolition of separate electorates for Harijans and untouchables.
9/20/1932Humayun crossed the Indus and captured Lahore and ousted Sikandar Suri of Delhi throne.