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Historical Event on 2/28/1997
Finance Minister P. Chidambaram presents an action-packed budget for 1997-98.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/28/1997 | Bahadur Shah captured the fort of Chittor and then marched against the Mughal emperor. |
| 6/19/1997 | Indian flag cargo ship, M. V. Arcadia Pride, sinks in inclement weather, seven nautical miles off Colaba, Mumbai, leaving four sailors dead and 20 missing. In the rescue and search operation by the Indian Navy, nine persons were rescued. |
| 1/11/1995 | Kumari Anandan replaces Vazhapadi K. Ramamurthy as TNCC (I) chief. |
| 10/9/1964 | K. M. George established the Kerala Congress Party. |
| 8/6/1991 | Ramakrishna Hegde disqualified as MLA. |
| 4/29/1909 | Tukdoji Maharaj, social reformer, modern Saint and poet, was born at Yavli in Amravati district, Maharashtra. |
| 3/26/1992 | Rs. 245 crore relief in customs, excise duties announced. |
| 1/24/1966 | Indira Gandhi becomes Prime Minister of India. She continued in this office till March 24, 1977, after winning the General Elections. She became the only second woman in modern history to head a government. |
| 10/14/1998 | Prof. Amartya Sen was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics. He became the sixth Indian, by birth or citizenship, to win a Nobel. |
| 7/7/1997 | Armed Kuki militants shot dead 25 persons and injured five seriously in an attack on Paites village in Manipur. |
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