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Historical Event on 2/28/1987

The National Science Day was celebrated for the first time at the ICMR Headquarters and all its Institutes/Centres in February 1987 through exhibitions, lectures, demonstration campaigns etc. (This has now become an annual event).

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/12/1995Congress party loses India national election.
9/14/1803Lord Lake was captured Delhi.
1/19/2000M.A. Chidambaram (81), leading industrialist and chairman of the MAC Group, died in Chennai.
9/21/1996Rao resigns Congress Party President post.
5/23/19961995-96 deficit touches a new high at Rs.19,855 crore.
11/5/1930Arjun Singh, leader of Madhya Pradesh, was born.
4/13/1988Mother Teresa asks Margret Thatcher for help to set up a hostel for London's elderly homeless in UK.
5/17/1775Marathas were badly mauled in the battle of Arras by Col. Keating in the first Anglo - Maratha war.
6/18/1997E.K. Nayanar, Kerala Chief Minister, meets Pope John Paul II in Vatican.
6/12/1947Gandhiji addresses Congress Working Committee.