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Historical Event on 3/13/1997
H. D. Deve Gowda, Prime Minister, presented the G. K. Reddy Memorial Award to Shekhar Gupta, Chief Editor of The Indian Express.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/19/1966 | Indira Gandhi elected leader of the Congress party to succeed the late Lal Bahadur Shastri as the third Prime Minister of India. She pledged to follow path of Non-Alignment in worlds affairs. |
| 9/24/1932 | Preetilata Waddedara, the first armed woman revolutionary, was hanged for ""Chatgaon Ammunitions Plot"". |
| 2/11/1989 | Pandit Narendra Sharma passed away. |
| 2/16/1944 | Dadasaheb Phalke passed away in Nasik at the age of 74. He is remembered as the 'Father of Indian Cinema'. He produced India's first feature Film, 'Raja Harishchandra'. He was Director, Producer, Writer, Editor & Laboratorian. Dada Saheb Phalke Award issued by Government of India is given in his memory. |
| 9/24/1992 | India's Leander Paes defeats Britain's Jeremy Bates in the Davis Cup tie in New Delhi. |
| 6/23/1953 | Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, great social reformer, politician, national leader and founder of JanSangh Party, died at Srinagar while in detention. |
| 11/14/1969 | Jawaharlal Nehru University inaugurated in New Delhi. |
| 6/15/1988 | Dalai Lama recoganised the rights of China in foreign affairs and Army Operations in Tibet region. |
| 3/21/1921 | Indian National Congress decided it's Flag. |
| 6/9/1923 | K. Alagirisami, famous journalist, playwright and story writer, was born. |
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