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Historical Event on 2/28/1968
International City Auroville inaugurated the Aurobindo Ashram in Pondechery.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/3/1994 | Akash' missile launched successfully. |
| 4/13/1772 | Warren Hastings, who became the president of their Bengal Council, was appointed in the court of Directors of the East India Company. |
| 8/2/1919 | Bharat Bhushan Agrawal, famous poet and winner of Sahitya Academy Award, was born. |
| 1/19/1976 | C. V. Bawdekar, famous journalist, died. |
| 4/14/1998 | Kushabhau Thakre is declared elected BJP president. |
| 11/14/1914 | Eight Language panel were started on the Rs. five denomination again. The printing colour of note was red. These languages were Urdu, Telugu, Kaithi, Tamil, Bengali, Kannada, Burmese and Gujarati. |
| 11/14/1914 | Amir Timur of Timur Lang invaded India with 92 squadrons of horses and 90,000 cavalry and reached the banks of Sindhu river near Atak city (now in Pakistan). He then attacked Delhi because its Muslim Sultanate was too tolerant of Hindu idolatry. A Mongolian follower of Sufism, he was one of the most ruthless of all conquerors. Timur crossed the Indus River at Attock (now in Pakistan) on 24 September 1398. |
| 12/29/1968 | Chunilal Kalidas Madiya, famous Gujrathi playwright, story writer and novelist, died. |
| 3/11/1689 | Sambhaji, Shivaji's successor, who was captured at Sangameshwar, was assasinated in the prison of Aurangzeb by Mughal officer Muqurab Khan. |
| 7/24/2000 | The trial in the Rs. 133 crore urea scam resumes after about one year in the special court for CBI cases in New Delhi. |
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