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Historical Event on 2/28/1918
Srinivas Ramanujan, famous Indian scientist, was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/5/1956 | Nehru breaks silence condemning Soviets for repression in Hungary. |
| 7/11/1953 | Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu was born in Mumbai (Mahatrahtra). |
| 12/31/1961 | 99 Infantry Brigade Group, under Brigadier K S Raja, launched operations in Katanga province and regained full control of Katanga amidst stiff resistance offered by a break away faction (Katangese gendarmerie). |
| 12/6/2000 | The Supreme Court gives a clean chit to former Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao upholding the trial court's order, and discharging him and former Union Minister K.K. Tewary from the 'St.Kitts forgery case'. |
| 3/16/1924 | Bhupendranath Basu, great freedom fighter, President of Congress and fluent orator, passed away. |
| 6/12/1997 | Mihir Sen, long distance swimmer, died. |
| 10/18/1901 | Mahatma Gandhi sails for India. |
| 10/18/1901 | Sher Shah defeated Humayun for the second time at Hardoi in U.P. in the battle of Kanauj. |
| 3/23/1931 | Bhagat Singh, Shivram Rajguru and Sukhdev, great freedom fighters and revolutionaries, were hanged for assasination of Saunders, Assistant Superintendent of Police in the Central Jail at Lahore. Bhagat Singh and his associates showed no signs of any fear as they kissed the noose, chanting ""Inquilab Zindabad"" (long live the revolution). |
| 8/15/1947 | Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru becomes the first Indian Prime Minister of free India. |
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