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Historical Event on 5/13/2000

Lara Dutta (21), who said beauty pageants give women a platform to ''voice our choices and opinions'' is named Miss Universe 2000 in the Cyprus capital Nicosia.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/20/1947British Prime Minister Clement Attlee announced in the House of Commons, London, that Britain will release India before June 1948 and for this purpose Lord Louis Mountbatten was appointed to work as the new Viceroy of India.
9/3/1979M. M. Bhatnagar was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 14-06-1985.
12/16/1951Salarjung Museum opened in Hyderabad.
3/1/1971General Election ( 5th) of India begins.
3/1/1971Muhammad of Bin Quasim (Kasim), Arabs, attacked on Sindh and captured it. Muhammad defeated and killed King Dahir, Hindu king, at Rawar.
11/12/1781Nagapatnam of South India was captured by the British troops.
10/10/1964Gurbachan Singh Randhawa sets record for 110m Her. in 14.09s at Tokyo.
2/27/1993Rupee made fully convertible in Man Mohan Singh's third successive budget.
11/19/1999Indira Gandhi Peace prize is presented to a social worker of Bangladesh Muhammed Yunus.
7/4/1897Alluri Seetaram Raju, freedom fighter, was born in a Kshatriya clan in Andhra Pradesh. He is rememberred as one of the great sons of India in the annals of Indian history who fought valiantly for his motherland in the early period of the freedom movement.