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Historical Event on 2/28/1963

Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first President of India, passed away at Sadaqat Ashram, Patna.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/4/1999Uman J. Shah is sworn in West Bengal Governor.
3/11/1784Tipu Sultan and Britishers signed the treaty at Mangalore which is known as the Mangalore treaty.
6/20/1921Tilak University was established.
12/17/1991Narasimhan committee on Monetary Reforms recommends that there should not be any further nationalisation of banks. Loan-melas assailed.
9/20/1911Sri Ram Sharma Acharya, freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, was born at Auvalkhera, Agra.
4/13/1796The first elephant was brought to America from Bengal, India.
7/5/1916Indian Women's University was established at Hingne near Poona by Dr. Dhondo Keshav Karve with just four students. After 1920, it was renamed as Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Indian Women's University.
9/3/1987Vishwanathan Anand, 17, becomes India's first and the world's youngest Grandmaster.
9/30/1996Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne, Sri Lankan social scientist, received the Gandhi Peace Prize 1996.
10/15/1915Dr. I. Gopalkrishnan, Cricket Test Umpire for 7 tests from 1960-67, was born in Tamil Nadu.