28 June - India on this day14 events
K. Doraiswamy, a senior executive of the Indian Oil Corporation, was kidnapped by Kashmir ultras.
A multi-millionaire industrialist, main financier of smuggler Veerappan,and 6 Veerappan-men arrested.
As a response to anti-government demonstrations, India imposes the toughest press censorship since independence.
Baburao Sadvelkar, famous painter, was born.
Shivprasad Gupta, social reformer, politician, leader, philanthropist, freedom fighter and educationist, was born at Varanasi.
Sahityaratna P. V. Narsingh Rao, former Prime Minister of India, was born.
Union Government sanctions maternity leave for unmarried women employees too.
Madhya Pradesh in central India is designated a `tiger state' to protect the animal from poachers and settlers.
India opens its office (based in Gaza city) in the area under the Palestinian Authority.
Jamshedji Framji Madan ( J. F. Madan ), founder of Madan & Co. and Parsi Theatrical Company, passed away on June 28 at Calcutta.
Netherlands gives independence to Dutch Guyana, which becomes Suriname; one third of Hindus (descendants of Indian plantation workers) emigrate to Netherlands for better social and economic conditions.
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis died. He was the first founder of Indian statistical Institute to receive world recognition. In 1958, he started his national sample surveys. A Sample survey means assessing a situation by studying a part of it which would represent the whole, some of his proposals were included in the second five year paln. His original work made him elected as fellow of the Royal society in 1945.
Accord with Mizo National Front; Lal Denga to be the chief minister of Mizoram.