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Historical Event on 5/28/1978

The 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.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/25/195414 Members of Parliament (MP) form a new party called the Union of Socialist Progress. Acharya Kripalani is the leader.
8/16/1901Shripad Ramchandra Tikekar, journalist and critic, was born.
11/7/1998The Kalidas Samman awards, instituted by the Madhya Pradesh Government, are presented to Tapas Sen, Akbar Padamsee, Shriram Lagoo, Pandit Jasraj and Kalyani Kutti Amma.
9/20/1933Annie Besant, veteran freedom fighter for India, died.
3/22/1793Lord Cornwallis promulgated permanent settlement in Bengal and Bihar to fix the revenue amounts once and for all to be paid by the zamindars every year.
5/14/1994LTTE banned for the second time under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
6/27/1894Chhaganbapa (Chhaganlal Karamshi Parekh), great social worker, was born.
10/6/1997International Commodity Exchange Division of the India Pepper and Spice Trade Association in Kochi opened.
8/21/1997Government extends the provision of the payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 to all those societies and trusts which employed 10 or more people.
8/25/1998Resurgent India Bonds garner more than 4 billion dollars of which 30\% are from the Middle East, 20\% each from South east Asia, US and Europe.