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Historical Event on 2/28/1919

Gandhiji signs Satyagraha Pledge to secure withdrawal of Rowlatt Bills.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/22/1983Smt. Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, visited ICMR Headquarters and held discussions with senior scientists of ICMR. ICMR revived research on indigenous drugs/traditional medicine with a new, disease-oriented approach and a Scientific Advisory Group on Traditional Medicine Research was constituted in 1983 but actual studies (Multicentric Clinical Trials, Centres for Advanced Research, Central Biostatistical Monitoring Unit etc.) were started in 1984-85.
8/4/1993Swami Chinmayananda, master in study of Bhagwadgita, died at the age of 76 in San Diego.
10/18/1992Zimbabwe's first Test match vs India at Harare.
11/3/1984Body of assassinated Indian PM Indira Gandhi cremated.
8/15/1867Bhartendu Harishchandra publishes a Hindi monthly 'Kavi Vachan Sudha'.
8/8/1990Violent protests rock Bihar against Mandal Commission Report implementation.
12/13/1999The Government lodges protest with the Pakistani Rangers following the discovery of a tunnel near the Indo-Pak border.
7/15/1991The 25-day-old Narasimha Rao government wins a vote of confidence in Lok Sabha by securing 241 to 111; 112 abstained.
9/12/1912T. A. Ramachandran, cricket Test Umpire of one test during 1948-49, was born in Tamil Nadu.
7/17/1903Joseph, versatile author in Malyalam language and critic Butshshor, was born.