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Historical Event on 2/28/1884

Veer Surendra Sai, freedom fighter and revolutionary, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/3/1962Hundreds of Muslims are killed in clashes with Hindus in West Bengal.
11/22/1989General Election ( 9th) of India begins for Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in 5 states.
7/2/1999Sahara India, sponsor of the Sahara Cup annual cricket series between India and Pakistan in Canada, withdrew sponsorship in view of the Kargil conflict.
4/21/1997Inder Kumar Gujaral sworn as the 12th Prime Minister of India, along with old council of ministers in the H. D. Deve Gowda govt. minus Tamil Maanila Congress Minister and D. P. Yadav of Janata Dal.
10/23/1943Netaji Subash Chandra Bose inaugurated the Rani Jhansi Brigade in Azad Hind Army and announced war against the British Empire.
1/18/1999Gul Panag (20) from Delhi was crowned Femina Miss India Universe at the Miss India 1999 beauty pageant in Pune.
9/8/2000Dr. Surinder K. Vasal, Indian maize breeder, and Dr. Evagelina Villegas, Mexican cereal chemist, jointly awarded the World Food Prize-2000 for their decades-long scientific quest to produce quality protein maize for developing countries.
10/16/1942Cyclone in Bay of Bengal kills some 40,000 people in south of Calcutta, India.
3/23/1986The first women's company of Central Reserve Police Force camp was raised in Durgapur.
3/30/1992Satyajit Ray received the honorary Oscar award..