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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
7/3/1998Kavi Pradeep, Hindi film lyricist, is selected for the 1997 Dada Saheb Phalke award.
6/12/1997Mihir Sen, long distance swimmer, died.
4/22/1992IAF in response to a recommendation by Secretary General, the Security Council adopted resolution No. 751 (1992) by which it established UNOSOM for handling situation which had deteriorated to an extent where death and destruction forced hundreds of thousands of civilians to flee their homes and causing need for emergency humanitarian assistance.
4/14/1988Ashok Kumar, actor, recieved the Dada Saheb Phalke Award.
7/23/1996R. Bhattacharji was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He is heading this office till date.
10/9/1963Saifuddin Azizuddin Kitchlew, freedom fighter, President of Punjab and the first Indian to win the Lenin Award for International Peace, died.
1/25/1976Surinder Amarnath scores 124 on Test debut during India vs New Zealand at Auckland.
11/24/1924Rasipuram Krishnaswami Laxman, famous political cartoonist, was born.
11/22/1997Diana Hayden, 24-year-old Mumbai-born Miss India, beat 85 contestants from around the world to be crowned new 'Miss Universe' at Mahe in Seychelles.
4/13/1982Bindeshwari Prasad Mandal passed away.