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Historical Event on 2/28/1930
Sir Chandrasekhar V. Raman, Scientist, 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering ""Raman Effect"". He is also the first Indian to receive this honor in Physics, The Indian Nobel Laureates.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/26/1972 | The first International Sanskrit Conference was held by President V.V Giri. |
| 11/19/1998 | A. B. Vajpayee approves formation of the National Security Council, a new high-power hub, to give policy directions to safeguard the country's security. |
| 8/1/1996 | T. S. R. Subramaniam was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-03-1998. |
| 5/18/1999 | R. B. Sapre, India's first national chess champion, died in Mumbai. |
| 8/30/1979 | Earl Louis Mountbatten of Burma, a World War II hero, last British Viceroy in India and the first Governor General of independent India, was killed when Irish terrorists exploded his family fishing boat off the coast of Ireland. The Provisional wing of the Irish Republican Army immediately took credit for the killing, which it described as 'an execution' designed to further 'the noble struggle to drive the British intruders out of our native land'. |
| 11/19/1991 | Kashinath Anant (Rambhau Joshi), famous editor, passed away. |
| 2/24/1997 | Charles Shobhaj, the notorious murder suspect, to be deported to France after 20 years in Tihar jail. |
| 4/2/1870 | Poona Sarvajanik Sabha was found. 95 members from different parts of Maharashtra assembled in Pune during its founding. |
| 12/28/1907 | Vitthal Narayan Kothiwale, great author, was born at Garoth (Malva). |
| 1/12/1996 | Supreme Court holds that horse racing is not gambling, but a game of skill. |
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