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Historical Event on 5/28/1988

The first Cultural Exchange Programme was signed between India and China.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/27/2000After three decades, English was again made compulsory in Gujarat schools from Standard V from the next academic year.
4/1/1933Indian Air Force was established at Drigh Road in Karachi (now in Pakistan). Subroto Mukherjee and four other officers were inducted as pilots when the first Indian Air Force Squadron was formed. The first aircraft flight joined the Indian Air Force, at that time it possessed a strength of six RAF-trained officers and 19 Havai Sepoys (literally, air soldiers); its aircraft inventory comprised four Westland Wapiti II. A army co-operation biplaned at Drigh Road as the ""A"" Flight nucleus of the planned No.1 (Army Co-operation) Squadron.
8/1/1958Ramon Magsaysay Award for community leadership given to Acharya Bhave.
1/19/1919Omprakash Mehra, former Indian Air Chief Marshal and former Governor of Maharashtra, was born.
1/4/1909Prabhakar Padhye, modern Marathi litterateur, was born.
12/21/1992BJP-sponsored no-trust motion against the Rao Government defeated 334-106 in the Lok Sabha; Vajpayee ends fast.
5/26/2000Prabhakar G. Surur (93) died in Mumbai.
9/4/1946Interim Government formed.
3/17/1959Dalai Lama XIV flees from Tibet after Chinese military occupied Tibet.
10/3/1988Lebanese kidnappers release Mithileshwar Singh after 30 months of being held captive.