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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 |
| 7/2/1928 | Nandkishor Bal, great Odia poet, passed away. |
| 4/3/1926 | Muslim-Hindu riots destroy temples, killing 12, wounding 100 in Calcutta. |
| 7/15/1967 | Narayan Shripad Rajhans (Balgandharv), famous singer and actor, passed away. |
| 7/12/1920 | Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born. |
| 6/23/1927 | All India Radio's broadcasting service started in 1927 by privately owned transmitter at Bombay and Calcutta. |
| 9/19/1996 | Suresh Mehta ministry is dismissed, President's rule imposed. |
| 11/22/1968 | Lok Sabha passed notification to change the name of Madras state as Tamil Nadu. |
| 7/1/1975 | Indira Gandhi, then Prime Minister of India, declared a 20-point economic programme. |
| 4/23/1930 | Riots break out in Peshawar; 20 Indians shot down after killing of three Britishers. |
| 5/12/1966 | Sardar Sikandar Hayat, President of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, resigns. |
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