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Historical Event on 2/28/1997

Finance Minister P. Chidambaram presents an action-packed budget for 1997-98.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/12/1946De-monetisation of currency notes of the value of Rs. 500 and above.
11/13/1909Gandhiji left England for South Africa and wrote ''Hind Swaraj'' on board S.S. Kildonan Castle.
3/28/1943S. Satyamurti, social reformer, politician and member of legislative council at Madras, died. He was born in Tirumayyam village in August 19, 1887.
7/29/1995Anup Jalota, famous Bhajan and Ghazal singer, was born.
2/10/1927Dashrathi (Dashrathi Krishnamacharya), famous Telgu poet, was born.
3/16/1928C.V. Raman announced his discovery of ''new radiation'' to an assembly of scientists at Bangalore.
11/28/1999Senior Awami League leader Mohammed Anwar Sheikh is killed and his wife and daughter-in-law are seriously injured in a militant attack on his house in Kashmir.
11/3/1999Dr. M. S. Swaminathan, well-known agricultural scientist, is selected for the UNESCO Gandhi gold medal.
7/1/1879Post Card of one paisa was started in India by the Post and Telegraph Department.
10/29/1920Jamia Milliya Islamia was founded by Dr. Jakir Husain and his collegues at Aligarh. 'Khilafat' and the Non- Cooperation Movement were an integral part of policy animating.