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Historical Event on 2/28/1928

C. V. Raman invented 'Raman Effect' of scattered light, which led him in achieving the 'Nobel Prize'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/25/1927Balkrishna Buwa Echalkaranjikar, father of `Khyal Gayaki', passed away.
10/13/1989Panchayati Raj and Nagarpalika Bills defeated in Rajya Sabha.
2/10/1927Dashrathi (Dashrathi Krishnamacharya), famous Telgu poet, was born.
3/19/2000Bill Clinton, US President, arrives to a warm welcome in India. This was the first presidential visit of a US head in two decades.
6/9/1659Dara Shikoh was handed over to Aurangzeb's army by Jiwan Khan, a Baluchi whose life was saved by Dara.
12/31/1984Rajiv Gandhi was sworn is as the 6th Prime Minister of India. He succeeded his mother Indira Gandhi. He became the Prime Minister of India for a second time and first time after elections.
12/8/1980Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev visits New Delhi.
3/23/1992G. S. Dhillon, former speaker of Lok Sabha, passed away.
10/26/1961Heavy fighting flared up between India and Communist China in their three-year-old dispute over border lines in the Himalayas. Each side accused the other of initiating the fighting that began along the Tibetan border early in October.
10/26/1961Jalal'ud-din Firuz Khalji establishes the Khalji dynasty at Delhi.