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Friday, February 28, 2025

Today Importance - 28th February

28-February-1568

The Chittorgarh fort was captured by the Mughal emperor Akbar who was besieged from outside on 20 October 1567. This was achieved in collaboration with Vijay Jaimal and Patta.

28-February-1580

First visit of a Goan Jesuit priest to Emperor Akbar's court at Fatehpur Sikri.

28-February-1712

Bahadur Shah I passed on in Lahore at 72 years old in the conflict of progression.

28-February-1835

The Medical College was started in Calcutta and was officially opened on 20 February.

28-February-1859

Surbhi, a peasant woman from Dholi Baoli in central India, who was imprisoned in Mahamandaleshwar Jail after being arrested for helping her son Bhima Nayak in the freedom movement, has died.

28-February-1884

Freedom fighter and revolutionary hero Surendra Sai passed away.

28-February-1900

Madappa Cariappa was born in Condender, the first general of independent India.

28-February-1918

Renowned Indian scientist Srinivasa Ramanujan was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.

28-February-1919

Gandhiji signed the Satyagraha pledge to withdraw the Rowlatt Bill.

28-February-1919

Sundarlal Khurana, extraordinary government official and writer, was conceived.

28-February-1927

Vice President of India and former Young Turk Krishna Kant was born in Kot Mohammad. Khan, District Amritsar, Punjab.

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DAY OF THE YEAR,

National Tooth Fairy Day ,

National Chocolate Soufflé Day , Rare Disease Day , National Science Day, National Public Sleeping Day, Linus Pauling Day, Us Snowshoe Day , Skip the Straw Day , Global Scouse Day , National Floral Design Day, National Customized Wheel and tire Day, Work Your proper Hours Day ,Car keys and small change Day @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

WEEK OF THE YEAR,

National Eating Disorder Awareness week,

National Chip Week , National Justice for Animals week ,Maslenitsa Festival , Venice Carnival , make mine chocolate National Green Week, National Invasive Species Awareness Week , Cornish Pasty Week , Peace Corps Week,

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MONTH OF THE YEAR,

International Vegan Cuisine Month ,

American Hearth Month , National Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month , National Snack Food Month , Spay /Neater Awareness Month , National African American Read in , National Children's Dental Hearth Month , Human Relations Month , Feline Fixby Five Month , National Macadamia Nut Month , Exotic Vegetables and Star Fruit Month , Berry Fresh Month , National Therapeutic Recreation Month, Marijuana Awareness Month , National Goat Yoga Month , Financial Aid Awareness Month , Adopt a Rescued Rabbit Month , National Mend a Broken Heart Month , National Wedding Month , Canned Food Month ,North American Inclusion Month National Black History Month , Raynaud's Awareness Month , Renaissance of the Hearth Month

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28-February-1928

CV. Raman discovered the 'Raman Effect' of scattered light, for which he received the 'Nobel Prize'.

28-February-1930

Sir Chandrasekhara V. Raman, researcher, 1930 Nobel Prize in Material science for the revelation of the "Raman Impact". He is the first Indian to receive this honor in physics, being an Indian Nobel laureate.

28-February-1930

nizam railway employees strike for bonus

28-February-1936

Kamala Nehru, wife of great revolutionary freedom fighter and social worker Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, passed away near Lausanne, Switzerland.

28-February-1937

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar discovered the upper mass limit for white dwarfs.

28-February-1950

The Finance Minister announced the formation of the Planning Commission with Nehru and Nanda as chairman and vice-chairman respectively.

28-February-1951

Karsan Devji Ghavri, cricketer (Indian left-arm medium pacer in the early 80s), was born in Rajkot.

28-February-1963

India's first President Dr. Rajendra Prasad breathed his last at Sadakat Ashram in Patna.

28-February-1967

The Indian General Election (4th) has ended.

28-February-1968

International City Auroville inaugurated Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry.

28-February-1985

M.G. Katre became the Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (up to 31/10/89).

28-February-1987

National Science Day was celebrated for the first time in February 1987 at ICMR Headquarters and all its Institutes/Centres through exhibitions, lectures, exhibition campaigns etc. (It has now become an annual event).

28-February-1988

Renowned music director Jaidev passed away.

28-February-1989

Finance Minister S B Chabon presented a gift of Rs 7337 crore deficit budget for 1989-90.

28-February-1994

Dr. Manmohan Singh presented a budget of Rs 40.81 billion tax exemption and Rs 90.60 billion deposit in Parliament.

28-February-1997

The decision to convert Morarji Desai's tomb - Abhay Ghat - near Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad into a national monument was taken on 11 February.

28-February-1997

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

28-February-1998

The third and final phase of polling was held in 131 Lok Sabha seats spread over 10 states and one union territory.

28-February-2000

The Supreme Court issued notice to the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Ms. Jayalalithaa, on a special leave petition filed by the State Government against the Madras High Court judgment upholding the trial court's order in the "Coal Import Case".