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Historical Event on 2/28/1835
Medical College was started in Calcutta and it was officially opened on Feb 20.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/15/1860 | M. Visveswarayya, maker of modern Karnataka, was born. He was a notable engineer too. |
| 2/8/1994 | Gopalrao Deuskar, internationally famed painter, passed away. |
| 6/23/2000 | Indian journalist Palagummi Sainath gets Amnesty International Global award for human rights journalism.. |
| 1/1/1918 | Sir Edwin Lutyens was knighted in recognition of his quality of work at Delhi and his gratuitious services to the War Graves Commission. |
| 1/1/1918 | Muhammad of Bin Quasim (Kasim), Arabs, attacked on Sindh and captured it. Muhammad defeated and killed King Dahir, Hindu king, at Rawar. |
| 2/28/1989 | S. B. Chavan, Finance Minister, presents a Rs. 7337 crore-deficit budget for 1989-90. |
| 6/1/1947 | Balbhimraj Gore, litterateur and Hindi critic, was born. |
| 2/15/2000 | K.R. Narayanan, President, presents Dada Saheb Phalke Award for 1998 to B.R. Chopra for his contribution to Indian cinema. |
| 1/17/1923 | Rangey Raghav, famous hindi writer, was born. |
| 4/1/1978 | India's sixth Five-Year Plan commenced. |
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