February28

Medical College was started in Calcutta and it was officially opened on Feb 20.

International City Auroville inaugurated the Aurobindo Ashram in Pondechery.

S. B. Chavan, Finance Minister, presents a Rs. 7337 crore-deficit budget for 1989-90.

Kondedera Madappa Kariappa, first General of independent India, was born.

Sunderlal Khurana, great politician and journalist, was born.

Krishan Kant, vice President of India and former Young Turk, was born at Kot Mohd. Khan, district Amritsar, Punjab.

Karsan Devji Ghavri, cricketer (Indian lefty medium pacer early 80s), was born in Rajkot.

Gandhiji signs Satyagraha Pledge to secure withdrawal of Rowlatt Bills.

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

The first visit of Jesuit Priest of Goa in the Court of Emperor Akbar at Fatehpur Sikri.

The Finance Minister announces the setting up of the Planning Commission with Nehru and Nanda as Chairman and Deputy Chairman respectively.

The samadhi of Morarji Desai - Abhay Ghat - near Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad to be converted to a national monument, this was decided on Feburary 11.

Chittorgarh Fort was captured by Mughal Emperor Akbar which was circled from outside since 20th October 1567. This victory was achieved with the help of Jaimal and Patta.

Srinivas Ramanujan, famous Indian scientist, was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.

C. V. Raman invented 'Raman Effect' of scattered light, which led him in achieving the 'Nobel Prize'.

Sir Chandrasekhar V. Raman, Scientist, 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering "Raman Effect". He is also the first Indian to receive this honor in Physics, The Indian Nobel Laureates.

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).

The Supreme Court orders notice to the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms. Jayalalitha, on a special leave petition filed by the State Government against the Madras High Court judgment upholding the trial court's order discharging her in the "coal import case".

Strike by workers of the Nizam state railways over bonus.

Bahadur Shah I died at Lahore at the age of 72 in the war of succession.

Surbhi, farmer lady of Dholi Bavli, Central India, who was arrested for helping her son Bheema Nayak in the freedom movement and was jailed in Mahamandaleshwar jail, passed away.

Veer Surendra Sai, freedom fighter and revolutionary, passed away.

Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first President of India, passed away at Sadaqat Ashram, Patna.

Jaydev, famous music director, passed away.

General Election ( 4th) of India ends.

The third and final phase of polling is held in 131 Lok Sabha constituencies in 10 States and one Union Territory.