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Historical Event on 12/28/1688

Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb demolishes all temples (around 1,000) in Mathura. (During their reign, Muslim rulers had destroyed roughly 60,000 Hindu temples throughout India, constructing mosques on 3,000 sites).

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12/16/2000Indian Airlines wins the 60th National Hockey championship in Jammu.
2/8/1971Kanhaiyalal Maniklal Munshi, writer, administrator, leader and founder of Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, died.
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7/19/1969Indian Government nationalised 14 major commercial banks of India by Presidental ordinance.
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6/5/1992Hindi weelky of Indian Express Group 'Screen' published.
5/27/1992M. L. Manchanda, AIR's Patiala engineer who was kidnapped by Babbar Khalsa militants, was found executed.