28th Feb – What Happened Today In History? | On This Day

Find out what happened on the 28th of February in History. There are a lot many happenings which had taken place on this date in the pages of Indian History, here we have listed some of the very important events occur 28th of February

Ravindra Jain (28 February 1944 – 9 October 2015) was an Indian music composer, lyricist, playback singer. He started his career in the early 1970s, composing for hit movies such as Chor Machaye Shor (1974), Geet Gaata Chal (1975), Chitchor (1976) and Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se (1978).

Sunil Varma is an Indian actor who works in the Telugu film industry. His roles usually are to provide comic relief. He acted over 177 Telugu films in his career. Sunil has won two Filmfare Awards and three Nandi Awards, which are the highest awards in Telugu cinema.

Hazel Keech (born 1986/1987 (age 32–33)), also known by her married name Gurbasant Kaur, is a British-Mauritian model who has appeared in Indian television programs and films. She has appeared in Billa and Bodyguard as well as in a Suzuki advertisement.

Varsha Usgaonkar (born 28 February 1968) is an Indian film actress from Goa, who has worked in various Bollywood and Marathi movies as the leading lady. During the 1990s, she was the most popular actress in Marathi cinema.

Digvijaya Singh (born 28 February 1947) is an Indian politician and a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha. He is also currently a General Secretary of the Indian National Congress party’s All India Congress Committee.

Notable Moments

1580 The first visit of Jesuit Priest of Goa in the Court of Emperor Akbar at Fatehpur Sikri.

1712 Bahadur Shah I died at Lahore at the age of 72 in the war of succession.

1835 Medical College was started in Calcutta and it was officially opened on Feb 20.

1918 Srinivas Ramanujan, famous Indian scientist, was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.

1919 Gandhiji signs Satyagraha Pledge to secure withdrawal of Rowlatt Bills.

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