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Historical Event on 2/28/1859

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.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/21/1791Tipu Sultan capitulated to Lord Cornwallis.
11/18/1978Dhirendra Ganguly, film maker, writer, director and actor, passed away.
12/29/1885A group of middle-class intellectuals in India, some of them British, found the Indian National Congress to be a voice of Indian opinion to the British government. This was the origin of the later Congress Party which was founded in Bombay.
9/16/1931R. Ramachandra Rao, cricket test umpire for one test in 1986-87, was born at Tamil Nadu.
4/8/1992Congress (I) government led by Rajkumar Dorendra Singh sworn in in Manipur.
12/16/1952Sri Ramalu Potiu sacrificed his life for the demand of seperate Andhra Pradesh state for the Telugu- speaking people.
7/18/1857The Calcutta, Mumbai and Madras Universities were established.
10/1/1992Broadcasting of Zee TV started.
2/21/1992Congress scores nearly three-fourth majority in Punjab Assembly elections.
10/10/1952US mediator Frank Graham told the U.N. Security Council that there was a possibility of war between India and Pakistan over Kashmir.