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Historical Event on 2/28/1900
Kondedera Madappa Kariappa, first General of independent India, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/18/1925 | Gajanan Johari, famous Marathi writer, was born. |
| 3/5/1922 | Ebrahim Suleman Maka, Indian cricket wicket-keeper (2 Tests vs West Indies1952), was born at Daman. |
| 8/4/2000 | Pranab Mukherjee and S. Jaipal Reddy, Congress(I) leaders, get Best Parliamentarian awards for the year 1997-98. |
| 5/14/1907 | Muhammad Ayub Khan, Pakistani president, was born. |
| 3/31/1993 | Major changes in exim policy announced. |
| 8/7/1871 | Abanindranath Tagore, great modern artist and painter, was born at Jorasanko in Calcutta. |
| 8/3/1954 | Atomic Energy Department established. |
| 9/11/1893 | Swami Vivekananda represented Hinduism at Chicago's Parliament of the World's Religions, the first ever inter-faith gathering, dramatically enlightening Western opinion to the depth of Hindu philosophy and culture. He spoke for the first time in Chicago. |
| 8/2/1763 | British troops once again defeated Mir Kasim in 'Giriya' battle. |
| 1/21/1908 | Gandhiji agrees to settlement on basis of voluntary registration, if Registration Act is repealed. |
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