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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
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Chittorgarh Fort was captured by Mughal Emperor Akbar which was circled from outside since 20th October 1567. This victory was achieved with the help of Jaimal and Patta. |
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The first visit of Jesuit Priest of Goa in the Court of Emperor Akbar at Fatehpur Sikri. |
| 2/28/1712 |
Bahadur Shah I died at Lahore at the age of 72 in the war of succession. |
| 2/28/1835 |
Medical College was started in Calcutta and it was officially opened on Feb 20. |
| 2/28/1859 |
Surbhi, farmer lady of Dholi Bavli, Central India, who was arrested for helping her son Bheema Nayak in the freedom movement and was jailed in Mahamandaleshwar jail, passed away. |
| 2/28/1884 |
Veer Surendra Sai, freedom fighter and revolutionary, passed away. |
| 2/28/1900 |
Kondedera Madappa Kariappa, first General of independent India, was born. |
| 2/28/1918 |
Srinivas Ramanujan, famous Indian scientist, was elected Fellow of the Royal Society. |
| 2/28/1919 |
Gandhiji signs Satyagraha Pledge to secure withdrawal of Rowlatt Bills. |
| 2/28/1919 |
Sunderlal Khurana, great politician and journalist, was born. |
| 2/28/1927 |
Krishan Kant, vice President of India and former Young Turk, was born at Kot Mohd. Khan, district Amritsar, Punjab. |
| 2/28/1928 |
C. V. Raman invented 'Raman Effect' of scattered light, which led him in achieving the 'Nobel Prize'. |
| 2/28/1930 |
Sir Chandrasekhar V. Raman, Scientist, 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering ""Raman Effect"". He is also the first Indian to receive this honor in Physics, The Indian Nobel Laureates. |
| 2/28/1930 |
Strike by workers of the Nizam state railways over bonus. |
| 2/28/1936 |
Kamla Nehru, wife of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, great revolutionary freedom fighter and social worker, passed away near Lausanne in Switzerland. |
| 2/28/1937 |
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar discovers the white dwarf maximum mass limit. |
| 2/28/1950 |
The Finance Minister announces the setting up of the Planning Commission with Nehru and Nanda as Chairman and Deputy Chairman respectively. |
| 2/28/1951 |
Karsan Devji Ghavri, cricketer (Indian lefty medium pacer early 80s), was born in Rajkot. |
| 2/28/1963 |
Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first President of India, passed away at Sadaqat Ashram, Patna. |
| 2/28/1967 |
General Election ( 4th) of India ends. |
| 2/28/1968 |
International City Auroville inaugurated the Aurobindo Ashram in Pondechery. |
| 2/28/1985 |
M.G. Katre became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 31/10/89). |
| 2/28/1987 |
The National Science Day was celebrated for the first time at the ICMR Headquarters and all its Institutes/Centres in February 1987 through exhibitions, lectures, demonstration campaigns etc. (This has now become an annual event). |
| 2/28/1988 |
Jaydev, famous music director, passed away. |
| 2/28/1989 |
S. B. Chavan, Finance Minister, presents a Rs. 7337 crore-deficit budget for 1989-90. |
| 2/28/1994 |
Budget with Tax Concessions of Rs.40.81 billion and a deposit of Rs.90.60 billion presented by Dr. Manmohan Singh in Parliament. |
| 2/28/1997 |
The samadhi of Morarji Desai - Abhay Ghat - near Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad to be converted to a national monument, this was decided on Feburary 11. |
| 2/28/1997 |
Finance Minister P. Chidambaram presents an action-packed budget for 1997-98. |
| 2/28/1998 |
The third and final phase of polling is held in 131 Lok Sabha constituencies in 10 States and one Union Territory. |
| 2/28/2000 |
The Supreme Court orders notice to the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms. Jayalalitha, on a special leave petition filed by the State Government against the Madras High Court judgment upholding the trial court's order discharging her in the ""coal import case"". |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/7/1998 | Swami Ranganathananda is elected the 13th president of the Ramakrishna Order. |
| 5/12/1949 | S Vijaya Laxmi Pandit, first woman foreign ambassador, was received in US. |
| 6/8/1915 | P.C.Kuttikrishnan 'Urub', Malyalam story writer and novelist, was born. |
| 11/18/2000 | Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister, said there would be no cuts in Income Tax rates in the next budget, and signalled that the reforms process will continue. |
| 9/16/1967 | Tibetan, Indian and Chinese troops engage in fighting at Natu La pass on the Tibet-Sikkim border. |
| 8/20/1955 | Jawaharlal Nehru breaks off relations with the Portuguese after the invasion of Goa by Indian nationalists. |
| 12/25/1994 | Giani Zail Singh, former President of India, died in Chandigarh at the age of 78. |
| 12/25/1994 | Mughal army defeated Rana Pratapsingh in the battle of Haldighat. |
| 1/20/1959 | Tej Bahadur Sapru passed away. |
| 6/9/2000 | The CBI-designated court frames charges against Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi and RJD president Laloo Prasad Yadav in the disproportionate assets case. |
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