|
|
Historical Event on 2/28/1951
Karsan Devji Ghavri, cricketer (Indian lefty medium pacer early 80s), was born in Rajkot.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/12/1997 | India elected to executive board of UNESCO. |
| 1/10/1997 | 28th International Film Festival of India opens at Trivandrum. |
| 10/26/1932 | Indian Muslim leader demands that Gandhi be released from prison. The Viceroy responded that this was only possible if Gandhi disassociated himself from the civil disobedience campaign. |
| 2/14/1999 | Fifth National Games inaugurated at Imphal. |
| 2/24/2000 | The Subrahmanyam Committee report tabled in the Lok Sabha. The panel concluded that the Pakistan intrusion in Kargil took the Indian security establishment by surprise. |
| 8/5/1986 | Vellupillai Prabakaran, Tamil rebel leader, died. The vision of secession for Sri Lanka's Tamil minority may have come to an end. But so, too, might the violence that the nation had endured. Today, Tamil rebel leader Vellupillai Prabakaran accepted the peace accord signed last week by India and Sri Lanka. Prabakaran surrendered to Indian forces and his men turned over their weapons. The pact is seen as a compromise by the co-signers. But to the dejected Tamil leader, who has fought since childhood for a Tamil victory, it was a stinging defeat. The treaty creates an autonomous multi-religious zone in the eastern and northern provinces. The rebels dreamed and passed away for a separate state of their own. |
| 10/26/1950 | Mother Teresa founded Mission of Charity in Calcutta, India. |
| 3/29/1992 | The expert committee recomends an autonomous council for the Jharkhand region of Bihar. |
| 3/7/2000 | A. Madhava Reddy, Andhra Pradesh Panchayati Raj Minister, dies in a landmine blast at Ghatkesar village in Ranga Reddy district. |
| 9/24/1922 | Jugal Mondal, social worker and politician, was born at Howrah. |
|
![]()
|
|
|
