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Historical Event on 12/28/1998

India and Sri Lanka sign an agreement to establish a bilateral free trade area, after the visiting Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga and Prime Minister A. B. Vajpayee, have sorted out the differences that held up the negotiations on it in the past.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/6/1995Arun Tamhankar, great journalist, died.
7/13/1997A mob, allegedly of Shiv Sainiks, attacks and ransacks official residences of Congress leaders Chagan Bhujbal and Madhukar Pichad (Assembly).
6/30/1817Dadabhai Navroji, veteran leader and industrialist, died.
3/15/1969Indian Navy's first Helicopter Squadron was commissioned in Goa.
7/12/1949Ban on RSS lifted on the assurance that it abjures violence.
11/18/1925Madhukar Gopal Pathak, noted author and film director, was born.
2/8/1985P. K. Kaul was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 22-08-1986.
12/17/1645Noorjahan Begum passed away.
8/2/1987Geet Sethi retains the World Amateur Billiards title.
10/18/1995Punjab CM Harcharan Singh Brar inducts All India Youth Congress President Maninderjit Singh Bitta in to the cabinet.