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Historical Event on 2/28/1937

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar discovers the white dwarf maximum mass limit.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/21/1995A.K. Antony elected CM of Kerala.
9/18/1927Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce was established.
9/12/1934Shantakumar Jagannath Sharma was born in Garhjamula, Distt. Kangra (Himachal Pradesh).
10/3/1997Devi Lal floats a new party 'Haryana Lok Dal'.
1/31/1946Subroto Guha, cricketer (right arm swing bowler for India 1967-69), was born in Calcutta.
1/22/1998Second Lieutenant Punit Datta is posthumously selected for the nation's highest peace time gallantry award, Ashok Chakra.
2/12/1949Gundappa Ranganath Viswanath, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman of 70s), was born in Bhadravati, Mysore. He received Padmashree (1971) and Arjun Award (1978).
6/12/1972D. G. Tendulkar, historian who had written the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi, died.
4/24/199824 persons are killed and 28 injured when some bogies of a goods train break free and roll back to collide with the stationary Manmad-Kacheguda Express at Parli Vaijnath in Maharashtra.
10/22/1908John Sutton, actor (Tower of London, Return of Fly), was born in Rawalpindi, India.