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Historical Event on 2/28/1918

Srinivas Ramanujan, famous Indian scientist, was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/31/1997Government raises quantity of gold that can be brought into the country by non-residents to 10 kg. (from the existing 5).
12/6/1857Raja Nahar Singh arrested by the Showers to kept him first in Motia Mahal and then at Metcalfe House, Delhi.
9/18/1927Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce was established.
1/1/1999George Fernandes, Defence Minister, said the sacked Naval Chief, Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat, had been displaying ""disturbing tendencies"" for over a year and even threatened his successor, Admiral Sushil Kumar, with court martial.
1/1/1969B. Sivaraman was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 30-11-1970.
8/15/1965Television starts in New Delhi.
8/25/1960Olympics opened at Rome.
1/22/1992Government raises Suzuki share in Maruti to 50 per cent making it the first public sector company to go private.
3/23/1919Subhadra Joshi, freedom fighter, was born. She took active participation in Salt and non cooperation movement. She also motivated the freedom movement through her newspaper ""Hamara Sangram"".
10/15/1977The Congress party denies bid by Indira Gandhi to regain leadership.