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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 |
| 6/7/1998 | India emerges World Bank's single largest borrower with cumulative loans of 44 billion dollars. |
| 11/15/1999 | The no-confidence motion moved against Om Prakash Chautala by the opposition failed in Haryana. |
| 8/13/1997 | The 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. |
| 6/3/1912 | Sohrab Pirojsha Godrej, great industrialist, was born. |
| 4/5/1938 | Anil Rakeshi, great poet, Hindi writer and critic, was born at Nahan (H.P.). |
| 8/3/1967 | Rasiklal Das, great revolutionary, died. |
| 11/25/1998 | Prof. K. S. Hegde (75), former Vice-Chancellor of Mysore University and educationist, dies in New Delhi. He was selected by the Government of India for overseas scholarship for post graduate studies and higher technical training abroad during the pre-independence era. |
| 7/10/1997 | Rafiq Sadiq, Congress(I) leader, escapes attempt on life when armed militants ambush motorcade near Achabal in South Anantnag, Kashmir valley. |
| 1/27/1926 | Arunkumar Vaidya, former General of Indian Army, was born. |
| 6/18/1940 | Forward Block Party was established. |
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