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Historical Event on 2/28/1989
S. B. Chavan, Finance Minister, presents a Rs. 7337 crore-deficit budget for 1989-90.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
10/18/1996 | Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi to be the venue for the trial of former PM Rao. |
10/10/1998 | Justice Dr. Adarsh Sein Anand was appointed as the Chief Justice of India. |
7/24/1997 | Mahasweta Devi, Bengali litterateur, is recipient of this year's Ramon Magsaysay Award for journalism, literature and creative communication arts for her writings on indigenous communities. |
6/13/1757 | Clive marched to Murshidabad against Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah along with the force comprising of 1800 British and 2000 Indian soldiers with eight canons. |
10/14/1884 | Lala Har Dayal, revolutionary, nationalist and freedom fighter, was born at Delhi. |
6/12/1897 | Possibly the most severe quake in history strikes Assam, shock waves felt over an area size of Europe (negligible death toll). |
3/12/1992 | A devastating wave of car-bomb explosions killed an estimated 300 people and injured hundreds more today in the large western Indian port city of Bombay. The first blast ripped through the city's stock exchange building, and minutes later a dozen slightly less powerful explosions rocked the bustling city center.The bomb attacks appeared to have been part of a carefully planned operation.The devices were clearly meant to cause maximum loss of life and damage to property. |
9/14/1997 | 78 persons die and around 250 are injured as four bogies of Ahmedabad-Howrah Express de-rail while crossing a bridge on Hasdeo river near Champa Railway Station in Bilaspur district, Madhya Pradesh. |
11/19/1998 | The Indira Gandhi memorial award is presented to Mirta Saavedra Polo, Ambassador of Panama, for her contributions to strengthening bilateral relations between India and Pakistan. |
3/18/1992 | Shreyanprasad Jain, famous philanthropist and industrialist, passed away. |
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