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Historical Event on 2/28/1918
Srinivas Ramanujan, famous Indian scientist, was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/16/1991 | Railway budget hikes passenger fares by 15-20\% and freight up by 10\%. |
| 6/28/1995 | Madhya Pradesh in central India is designated a `tiger state' to protect the animal from poachers and settlers. |
| 3/3/1943 | Gandhi breaks his hunger strike after 21 days. |
| 7/13/1947 | An Indian Independence Bill was moved in the British Parliament on 4th July 1947 which became an 'Act' on 13th July 1947. Two Boundary Commissions under Sir Cyril Radcliff were appointed to demarcate the boundaries of Punjab and Bengal. |
| 11/17/1932 | The Third Round Table Conference began in London. It was not attended by the Congress as the real Indian participation in the making of the constitution was negligible. Since Gandhi was in prison because of his civil disobedience movement he could not attend it either. This conference ended on 24th November 1932 without achieving anything. |
| 10/27/1923 | Arvind Navinchandra Mafatlal, famous industrialist, was born. |
| 5/29/1982 | Naval Academy at Ezhimala, Kerala, was approved by Union Cabinet. |
| 8/18/1995 | Parvati Giri, also called the Little Mother Teresa, died in Orissa. She was 69. She was a social worker and had taken part during the Quit India movement. |
| 4/24/1993 | Congress dissidents K. N. Singh, Natwar Singh, K. L. Fotedar and Shiela Dikshit suspended. |
| 1/20/1993 | Captain Karamjeet Singh, first Pramveer Chakra Awardee, passed away. |
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