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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 |
| 2/14/1922 | Bhimsen Joshi, great singer and composer, was born. |
| 10/26/1990 | V. Shantaram, veteran film producer, director and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, died at the age of 90 years in Bombay. |
| 10/26/1990 | Shahjahan, great mughal emperor of India, was born at Lahore. |
| 8/14/1947 | Sir Harilal Jekisundas Kania was appinted as the Chief Justice of India. He was in this office till 05/11/1951. |
| 12/19/2000 | A massive blaze guts Mehboob Studio, one of the oldest in Mumbai city. |
| 8/2/1891 | Padmashree V. P. Karmarkar (Nanasaheb), famous sculptor, was born. |
| 10/2/1997 | At least 50 Pakistan soldiers were killed and several injured in a retaliatory firing by Indian troops in Nowgam, Uri and Kupwara sectors. Firing had been intermittent along LoC. |
| 10/10/1998 | Uzma Khan and Nitin Kirtane bag the women's and men's crowns in the national tennis championships in Delhi. |
| 9/11/1889 | Dr. P. Subbarayan, minister and leader of the House in O.P. and President of the Cricket Control Board, was born in Tamil Nadu. |
| 11/9/1909 | The Times reports failure of Gandhi Government negotiations on Transvaal laws. |
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