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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 |
| 6/20/1948 | Lord Mountbatten resigns as the Governor General of Indian Union. |
| 11/11/1921 | Gandhi urges Hindus to remove statue of ex-Viceroy Lord Lawrence. |
| 10/19/1970 | First Indian-made MIG-21 handed over to the Air Force. Privy purses and privileges of former Indian rulers abolished. |
| 3/8/1957 | Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher, prominent leader in Maharashtra and former Chief Minister of Mumbai province, passed away. |
| 3/8/1957 | Akbar responded with alacrity and arrived at Ahmadabad and made adequate arrangements for its administration. |
| 1/1/1664 | Shivaji assumes royal title. |
| 2/24/1936 | Laxmibai Tilak, famous marathi poet, passed away. |
| 8/8/2000 | The Government appoints Air Marshal P. Rajkumar to head the court of enquiry to probe the Alliance Air crash near Patna. |
| 1/30/1905 | Pitamber Das, social reformer and politician, was born at Mowana, U.P. |
| 12/7/1902 | Janardhan Gyanoba Navle, cricketer, India's first Test wicket-keeper, was born at Fulgaon, Maharashtra. He played against England at Lord's in 1932. |
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