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Historical Event on 2/28/1997

The samadhi of Morarji Desai - Abhay Ghat - near Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad to be converted to a national monument, this was decided on Feburary 11.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/27/1994Supreme Court strikes down section 309 of the Indian Penal Code(which makes suicide a punishable offence)- violative of Article 21.
4/27/1994Allauddin Masood Shah, Sultan of Dehli, was thrown off the throne.
2/4/1991An abortive bid to hijack a Calcutta-Agartala flight by a 24-year old youth.
11/2/1984Violence following Indira Gandhi's assassination takes heavy toll.
6/6/2000Abhijit Kunte wins the National `A' chess championship at Mumbai.
9/12/1686Aurangzeb ended Adilshah's kingdom. The garrison lost heart and surrendered Sikandar who was sent to the state prison at Daulatabad. Bijapur was invested and the city opened its gates to the Mughals. Bijapur as an independent kingdom ceased to exist.
5/3/1997Vijay Pradhan, additional senior counsel for Srikrishna Commission probing 1992-93 riots in Mumbai, resigns. He is not allowed to cross-examine Chief Minister Manohar Joshi.
8/5/1950Gopinath Bardoloi, architect of modern Assam, freedom fighter and leader, passed away.
6/14/1961Sir Karyamanikkam Shrinivas Krishnan died.
10/2/1934Indian Naval Force was established.