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Historical Event on 2/28/1997

Finance Minister P. Chidambaram presents an action-packed budget for 1997-98.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/21/1997Krishan Kant assumes office as tenth Vice President of India.
1/1/1981Colaba District renamed as Raigad District.
7/14/1946India grants Siam a 20 year, 3 mil. credit to increase export of Siamese rice.
8/13/1997The contentious women's reservation bill put on the back burner with PM Gujral saying govt. would not push through such a major social legislation until there was a consensus on it.
3/15/1920Ranganandhan Francis, field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56), was born.
10/15/2000Sachin Tendulkar becomes the highest run-getter in one-day internationals (9379 runs) during his innings of 69 in the final of the ICC cricket tournament against New Zealand
6/17/1928Pandit Gop Bandhu Das, famous writer, social worker and the creator of Orissa, passed away.
2/20/1968Dr Prafulla Kumar Sen and others performed the first ever heart transplantion in Asia. The operation was performed by the Indian surgeons at K.E.M. Hospital, Bombay.
1/25/1856Battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers & Indians.
11/24/1941Attack on Pearl Harbour.