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Historical Event on 10/28/1981
Underground Metro Train Compartments were tested on trial basis at Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/29/1992 | Agni-India's IRB missile successfully test-fired from Orissa coast for the first time since May 22, 1989. |
| 1/27/1995 | Rajiv Gandhi Container Terminal open at Kochi port. |
| 7/5/1968 | Naval Submarine wing in Indian Naval Force came into existence with the arrival of the first submarine from the Soviet Union. |
| 3/25/1991 | 1991 census report released; India has 844 million people. |
| 4/25/1969 | Invalappil Mani Vijayan (or better known as IM Vijayan), Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Trissur, Kerala. He was recognised as Indian Player of the Year in 1993, 1997, 1999. He scored the fastest ever International goal against Bhutan at the SAF Games '99, scoring after just 12 seconds. |
| 9/29/1914 | German cruiser Emden shells Madras. |
| 1/1/1976 | Broadcasting of Commercial Advertisements on TV stations started. |
| 9/28/1929 | Lata Mangeshkar, great playback singer, was born. |
| 11/21/1991 | R. Nagarajan, former Tamil Nadu Home Secretary, arrested for harbouring LTTE militants. |
| 11/17/1966 | India's beauty queen Rita Faria was crowned as 'Miss World' in World Beauty contest held in London. She was a medical student. |
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