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Historical Event on 2/28/1987

The National Science Day was celebrated for the first time at the ICMR Headquarters and all its Institutes/Centres in February 1987 through exhibitions, lectures, demonstration campaigns etc. (This has now become an annual event).

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/21/1916Ustad Bismilla Khan, clarionett Master, was born at Dumraon in Bihar.
4/24/1996SC holds that bank managers acting beyond their authority in allowing overdrafts and passing cheques would be amounted to committing misconduct.
4/24/1996Babur's eldest son Humayun ascended the throne. He was, doubtless, a man of parts.
11/20/1989Hirabai Barodekar, famous singer of ""Kirana Gharana"", passed away.
8/26/1852Bombay Association was established.
5/18/1966Panchanan Maheshwari, great Indian scientist of botany, passed away. He studied the morphology, anatomy and embryology of some angiosperms, the class of plants which produce flowers. He discovered species of plants like ""Panchanania Jaipuriensis and Isoeted Panchananil."" He wrote two authoritative books, 'An Introduction to the Embryology of Angiosperms' & 'Recent Advances in Embryology on Angiosperms'. In 1951, he founded the International Society of plant Morphologists.
1/9/1935Britain signs the Trade Pack with India.
7/12/1674Chhatrapati Shivaji signed a friendship treaty with East India Company.
12/10/1967Earthquake hit Koyna Nagar.
3/20/1970Establishment of Muslim Satyashodhak Samaj.