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Historical Event on 2/28/1928

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

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/15/1955Satyagrah started for the freedom of Goa.
4/15/1946Triumphant over flesh and pain they passed away our day of peace to Cain. The original memorial was erected from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
9/10/1623Shah Jahan entered Rajputana and raided Amber crossing the Tapti. He arrived near the kingdom of Golconda and from there passed on to Orissa which was surrendered to him.
2/25/1963Nehru refuses to recognize China-Pakistan border pact in New Delhi.
8/9/1970Trailokyanath Chakravarty died in Delhi.
11/9/1942Jami, last evergreen poet of Parsi language, died.
12/1/1991Stone laid for the Sanskrit University at Kaladi, the birthplace of Adi Sankara.
3/2/1957Central Warehouse Corporation established.
1/8/1968The Official Languages Act, 1963 was amended. Accordingly, a provision was made in Section 3 (4) of the Act of the effect that employees of the Union Government proficient either in Hindi or in English may carry out their work effectively and that their interests may no be adversely affected merely because they are not proficient in both the languages. According to Section 3 (5), it is necessary for bringing to an end the use of English language for the Official purposes of the union that resolutions to this effect are passed by the legislatures of the states (i.e. states where Hindi is not the Official Language) and after considring these resolutions, a resolution is passed by both the houses of the Parliament to put an end to the use of English language.
5/20/1992V. Prabhakaran, LTTE supremo, heads the list of 41 accused in the SIT chargesheet.