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Historical Event on 2/28/1968

International City Auroville inaugurated the Aurobindo Ashram in Pondechery.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/2/1997Screening for Hepatitis C made mandatory all over India.
1/5/1985Rajiv Gandhi promises to solve the Punjab problem without yielding to 'separatist ideologies.
6/12/1947Gandhiji addresses Congress Working Committee.
11/6/1996India wins Titan's cup beating South Africa in Mumbai.
1/18/1947Kundanlal Saigal, famous film star and unique singer, died at Jalandhar.
1/11/1975Oil struck in third Bombay High rig.
6/30/1934Chintamani Nagesh Ramachandra Rao, famous Scientist and Chemist, was born. His research work confines to ""Solid State Chemistry"". In 1982 he was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.
11/2/1774Lord Robert Clive, one of the founders of British Rule in India, British Army Chief and Diplomat, died. He committed suicide in England at the age of 49 under strain of ill health and charges of his misdeeds in India.
2/6/1992The Centre decides to wind up the 7-year-old Food Processing Industry ministry.
2/26/1887Sir Benegal Narsingh Rao, an eminent lawyer and political leader, was born. He was the first Indian President of UN Security Council in 1950.