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Historical Event on 2/28/1859

Surbhi, farmer lady of Dholi Bavli, Central India, who was arrested for helping her son Bheema Nayak in the freedom movement and was jailed in Mahamandaleshwar jail, passed away.

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11/13/1970Flooding ravages Ganges delta. 200,000 million killed.
2/19/1993German Chancellor Helmut Kohl receives the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding from the President.
10/22/1999The Prime Minister warns of more 'hard decisions'.
10/22/1999Zahir Al-Din Muhammad Babur Shah, founder of Mughal dynasty, passed away at the age of 48 at Dhaulpur.
4/17/1975Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, India's second president, died at Madras.
8/15/1947At the stroke of midnight, India is free after 163 years of British Raj. At the same time Muslims win a degree of freedom from Hindus. They have their own separate dominion Pakistan in the British Commonwealth Sect.
8/12/1868Frederick JNT Lord Chelmsford, Viceroy of British-India (1916-21), was born.
12/25/1932King George V's chair collapsed during his Christmas dinner speech.
10/1/1991India takes over the presidency of Security Council with Ambassador G.R. Gharekhan in the chair.
9/9/2000Venus Williams wins the women's singles in the U.S. Open championship.