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Historical Event on 2/28/1936

Kamla Nehru, wife of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, great revolutionary freedom fighter and social worker, passed away near Lausanne in Switzerland.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/3/1999Bhopal gas victims take out rallies to mark the 15th anniversary of the tragedy.
1/7/1997Jaspal Rana bags six gold medals in the men's standard pistol and air pistol and set two more records on the penultimate day of the National shooting.
9/17/1929La Fontaine, Air Chief Marshal D A La Fontaine PVSM and AVSM, VM, was born in Madras.
4/12/1987V. P. Singh resigns as Defence Minister of India, K. C. Pant appointed in his place.
6/6/2000Abhijit Kunte wins the National `A' chess championship at Mumbai.
11/21/1947First Stamp of Independent India was released
9/13/2000Central Government withdraws the ban on use of non-iodised salt despite protests from the medical community and several state governments.
12/6/1971US bars aid to India for aggression against Pakistan.
9/8/1947There was little time to celebrate independence in India and Pakistan as large parts of the dominions were paralyzed with fear. Mobs ran wild as Muslims and Hindus battled to death and turned streets into rivers of blood.
10/29/1929Vyankat Chalaiyya Manipalli Narayan Chalaiyya, Chief Justice of Supreme Court, was born.