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Historical Event on 2/28/1987

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

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/16/1912Gandhiji commends Gokhale's attempts for abolition of indenture system.
3/7/1956A gigantic steel tube plant opened in Jamshedpur. It was the first of its kind in India.
8/18/1700Bajirao I, the second peshwa, was born.
4/26/1926Karachi Autonomous Region established in RSFSR (until 1943).
11/20/1997Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat arrives in New Delhi. India and Palestinian national authority take stock of stalled West Asia peace process. Two sides sign first umbrella Memorandum of Understanding.
6/12/1990CPI(M) accuses Communist Party of Soviet Union of departing from the basic ideology of Marxism-Leninism in the name of correcting past distortions.
2/20/2000Supreme Court stays the Karnataka High Court's order quashing charges framed against the former Chief Minister, Mr. S. Bangarappa, and directs the trial court to proceed in the corruption case.
6/6/2000Abhijit Kunte wins the National `A' chess championship at Mumbai.
11/8/1991K.P.S. Gill reappointed DGP in Punjab.
10/29/1990Vinod Mehra, famous Hindi film actor, died.