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Historical Event on 2/28/1989

S. B. Chavan, Finance Minister, presents a Rs. 7337 crore-deficit budget for 1989-90.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/30/1929The first inland Indian air mail left New Delhi this morning for Jodhpur, Hyderabad, and Karachi to connect at Karachi with the air service to London.
9/8/1911Anand Gopal Sheorey, great Hindi writer, litterateur and journalist, was born at Sausar in Madhya Pradesh.
7/1/1997Over 23,000 blowdowns completed in 1.2 m tunnel.
9/3/1983U.S. Census reports world population at 4.72 billion. China has 1.05 billion and India 731 million.
8/8/1942'Britishers Quit India', this resolution was announced in public at Bombay Congress Session. This resolution was passed by All Indian National Congress Committee and Gandhiji gave the 'Do or Die' call for Independence struggle.
3/30/1945Dr. J. J. Rawal, joint director of Nehru Planetarium of Mumbai, was born.
8/12/199272 militants surrendered before Punjab CM Beant Singh.
9/24/1777Sarfoji Bhosle, king of Tanjawar, was born.
1/16/1992For the first time in a decade, India decides to import one million tonnes of wheat.
5/21/1984Army moves in after 114 die in religious strife at Bomay.