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Historical Event on 2/28/1928

C. V. Raman invented 'Raman Effect' of scattered light, which led him in achieving the 'Nobel Prize'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/17/1973Mother Pondicherry, greatest teacher and religious leader, died.
12/29/1949Syed Mujtaba Hussain Kirmani, cricketer (Indian keeper after Engineer), was born in Madras.
6/22/1897The Chafekar brothers, Damodar and Balkrishna, shot British Officer Rand in Pune. This event played a very important role in the revolutionary freedom fighter.
6/6/2000Abhijit Kunte wins the National `A' chess championship at Mumbai.
5/3/1959Sadhvi Uma GulabSingh Bharti was born in Dunda, Distt. Tikamgarh (Madhya Pradesh).
5/23/1967South Gujrat University was established.
4/25/2000West Bengal police nab Belal alias Lalu Mian, the suspected mastermind behind the hijacking of IC-814 IA flight to Kandahar last December, from a hideout in North 24 Parganas district.
6/25/1997USA & India sign a new bilateral treaty for the extradition of fugitive offenders.
6/2/1908Sri Aurobindo, freedom fighter, was arrested in Manik Tala Bomb explosion case.
1/5/1994Jnanpith Award was given to U. R. Anantha Murthy (Kannada).