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Historical Event on 2/28/1712

Bahadur Shah I died at Lahore at the age of 72 in the war of succession.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/24/1992D. R. Bhagwat, veteran journalist, passed away.
8/2/1993CEC Seshan postpones all elections including by-elections to December in protest against the government's attempt to subjugate the Commission.
2/21/1899Suryakant Tripathi `Nirala', famous Hindi poet, was born.
3/11/1997Chennai police seize a large quantity of powerful explosives and arrest two Muslim fundamentalists.
5/25/1937Munshi Ajmeri passed away.
12/12/1955The President promulgated an ordinance providing the usage of Hindi with English for official purposes of Indian Union. B.G. Kher Commission (under article 344(I) of the Constitution) constituted. Hindi Teaching Scheme was introduced under Ministry of Home Affairs.
1/29/1997Supreme Court rules that water is a 'mineral'.
7/27/1947Princes were appealed to regard people's paramountcy as a privilege.
11/30/1982World premier of Sir Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi' held in New Delhi.
1/29/1994Air India and Indian Airlines converted into companies.