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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 |
| 11/3/1906 | Prithviraj Kapoor, stage and film artist, member of Rajya Sabha and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, was born. |
| 3/18/1996 | President confers gallantry awards on 65 personnel of the defence forces. |
| 7/3/1972 | Shimla Non-Arm Agreement on Kashmir signed between Indira Gandhi and Z. A. Bhutto. |
| 11/19/1838 | Keshab Chandra Sen (1838-84), nationalist leader of Bengal, was born in Calcutta. He was one of the first Indians to sow the seeds of secularism in the country. He joined the Brahmo Samaj in 1857 but seperated from it in 1866 and founded Brahma Samaj of India, a radical offshoot of the Adi Brahmo Samaj. |
| 5/22/1991 | Shripad Amrit Dange, veteran communist leader, passed away. |
| 12/31/1965 | Sivaramakrishan Laxman, right-hand batsman and leg break bowler, was born in Madras. |
| 10/14/1919 | Raghu Karmkar, famous cinephotographer, was born. |
| 3/20/1970 | Establishment of Muslim Satyashodhak Samaj. |
| 2/7/1985 | Uday Merchant, cricketer (brother of Vijay, prolific scorer), passed away. |
| 6/10/1997 | 18 persons were killed and 10 wounded by suspected National Liberation Front of Tripura militants at Thalchhara near Agartala. |
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