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Historical Event on 2/28/1951

Karsan Devji Ghavri, cricketer (Indian lefty medium pacer early 80s), was born in Rajkot.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/11/1824Shivling Surge died at Alpayu.
12/31/1900Krishna Narayan Ratanjankar, famous musician and writer of Tan Sangrah in three parts and Abhinav Geet Mangari, was born in Bombay.
12/4/1993Mulayam Singh Yadav, takes over as CM of UP; Bhairon Singh Sekhawat of Congress sworn in as CM of Rajasthan.
8/5/1965Jaya Prakash Narayan was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for public service.
10/1/1854Postal stamp introduced in India. These lithographed stamps were of denominations of half anna and one anna. These stamps bore the Head of Queen Victoria with India at top and value at bottom. The half anna stamp was printed between May 5 to July 29 and printing of one anna stamp commenced on July 26.
1/25/2000The Centre begins the process of privatising the country's domestic carrier, Indian Airlines, and also approves the sale of majority equity in Modern Foods India Limited.
5/8/1954Indian Government decided to integrate Chandranagar in West Bengal which was under the rule of the French.
11/14/1964Nehru Commemorative coin is released.
6/24/1980Varahagiri Venkata Giri, former president of India, died at Madras.
4/11/1887Jamini Roy, famous artist, was born.