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Historical Event on 2/28/1997
The samadhi of Morarji Desai - Abhay Ghat - near Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad to be converted to a national monument, this was decided on Feburary 11.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/13/1784 | East India Company was appointed as the centralised Regulatory Authority through India by Pitt's India Act, which was accepted in British Parliament in England. |
| 8/13/1784 | Mughal Emperor Akbar was proclaimed as successor of Humayun at the age of tewelve years at Kalanur, Gurudaspur district, Punjab. Akbar (1542-1605), grandson of Babur, became third Mughal Emperor at the age of 13 years. He de-established Islam as state religion and declared himself impartial ruler of Hindus and Muslims. He also encouraged Art, Culture and Religious Tolerance. |
| 1/26/1926 | V. G. Kanitkar, famous Marathi literatteur, was born. |
| 6/18/1995 | The latest deaths in northern India's hottest weather this century bring the death toll to 525 as temperatures hit 113¦F (45¦C) in New Delhi. |
| 10/24/1934 | Mahatma Gandhi quits Indian Indian National Congress in struggle over tactics. |
| 1/17/1771 | Govind Patwardhan Mirajkar, first Rao of Peshwai, passed away. |
| 4/25/1998 | India protests against Pakistan raising the Kashmir issue at the first SAARC Information Ministers conference in Dhaka. |
| 11/15/1982 | Acharya Vinoba Bhave, great freedom fighter and social reformer, died (88 years) in Pawnar Ashram at Wardha near Nagpur, Maharashtra. |
| 11/5/1906 | Initials of the place of issuance of notes were started to be printed instead of Issuing Circle's name. |
| 12/9/1999 | Several MPs in the Lok Sabha demand resignation of the CBI chief in the Priyadarshini Matto murder case. |
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