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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
5/25/1995Voting on the Criminal Law Bill differed again in Rajya Sabha.
11/3/1996Deve Gowda, PM, to attend G-15 summit in Harare. This was his first foreign trip as PM.
7/2/1998India and Sri Lanka sign an agreement on promoting agricultural research in New Delhi.
7/19/1949Raja of Tehri Garhwal announces merger with Indian Union.
6/30/1984W. R. Dhavle, editor, died.
7/9/1951India's first Five Year Plan prepared and published. There was the first amendment to the Constitution and the first general elections were held.
11/22/1989General Election ( 9th) of India begins for Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in 5 states.
8/15/1947India gains independence from the British rule and Pakistan emerges as a separate Islamic nation. Around 600,000 die in clashes during the subsequent population exchange of 14 million people between the two new countries.
12/10/1952World's first official Family Planning programme launched in India.
7/1/1968Asia's biggest nuclear research lab started in New Delhi.