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Historical Event on 5/13/1997

Doordarshan drops plans to enter the direct-to-home (DTH) mode of television transmission.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/22/1993A Patna-Lucknow-Delhi IA flight IC-810 was hijacked by a certain Satish Chandra Pandey shortly after take-off.
9/16/1997General Manager of Tata Tea remanded to judicial custody on charges of abetting and aiding ULFA.
11/1/1927Ghani Khan Chaudha, political leader, was born.
4/14/1907P. C. Joshi, famous Leftist leader and thinker, was born.
4/15/1948Purushottamdas Tandon was honoured with the title of 'Rajashri' at a huge rally by Devaraha Baba. He was awarded the Prestigious 'Bharat Ratna' award.
1/1/1980This decade was announced to be observed as the ""International Decade of Water & Sanitation"".
7/7/1943Rasbehari Bose handed over the command of 'Azad Hind Fauz' to Netaji Subhashchandra Bose at Singapore.
3/24/1981Bombay beat Delhi by an innings and 46 runs to win the Ranji Trophy.
3/24/1981Ruknud-din Firuz Shah, son of Emperor Iltutmish, was assassinated.
7/13/1990Boby Talyarkhan, famous sports critic and author, died.