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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 |
| 3/7/1647 | Guru Dadaji Konddev, master of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died. |
| 6/13/1932 | Nirmalchandra Sen, great revolutionary, died. |
| 8/28/1906 | Chintamani Govind (Mama Pendse), great actor, was born. |
| 8/28/1906 | Guru Amardasji passed away. |
| 5/4/1993 | Income Tax exemption limit raised to Rs.30,000; Customs duty on certain drugs reduced. |
| 5/4/1993 | Guru Angad, Sikh Guru, was born. |
| 10/17/1970 | Anil Radhakrishna Kumble, cricketer (great Indian leg spinner since 1990), was born in Bangalore. |
| 8/19/1944 | The last Japanese troops driven out of India. |
| 3/17/1863 | Sayajirao Gaekwad of Baroda was born. |
| 3/17/1863 | Surdas (1483-1563), blind Hindi bard and singer of Agra whose hymns to Krishna are compiled in the 'Sursagar', was born in Sihi village near Delhi. |
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