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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
| 4/13/1699 |
Khalsa Panth established. |
| 4/13/1772 |
Warren Hastings, who became the president of their Bengal Council, was appointed in the court of Directors of the East India Company. |
| 4/13/1796 |
The first elephant was brought to America from Bengal, India. |
| 4/13/1851 |
Ganga Ram, great social reformer and an assistant engineer in the Public Works Department, Punjab, was born at Mangtanwala, now in Pakistan. |
| 4/13/1889 |
Balkrishna A. Pillai, litterateur and journalist, was born. |
| 4/13/1890 |
Ramchandra Gopal Torne (Dadasaheb), film director, was born. |
| 4/13/1919 |
Jallianwala Baug massacre. The great Indian tragedy occured in Amritsar which claimed 389 lives and wounded 1,516 activitists fighting for Indian independence. Early in 1919, the Rowlatt Act (Black Act) was passed. This authorized the Government to imprison any person without any trial and conviction in a court of law. This furious act was under the guidence of cruel Brigedier General R. E. H. Dyer and his 50 men troop. Michael O' Dwyer was then the Governor of Punjab who naturally defended the action. This day is observed as Jallianwala Baug Day. |
| 4/13/1940 |
Najma Heptulla, Vice President of Rajya Sabha, was born. |
| 4/13/1947 |
Diplomatic relations between India and Russia established. |
| 4/13/1948 |
Bhuvaneshwar became the capital of Orissa. |
| 4/13/1963 |
Babu Gulab Rai, famous hindi critic, passed away. |
| 4/13/1971 |
Carlton Chapman, Indian Soccer (Football) player, was born in Bangalore, Karnataka. |
| 4/13/1972 |
Balraj Sahani, famous film actor, passed away. |
| 4/13/1982 |
Bindeshwari Prasad Mandal passed away. |
| 4/13/1982 |
Pandit Parmanand, founder member of `Gather Party', passed away. |
| 4/13/1984 |
India beat Pak by 58 runs to win the first Cricket Asia Cup in Sharjah. |
| 4/13/1984 |
Kerala Government drops Silent Valley Project and declares the entire area a national park. |
| 4/13/1988 |
Mother Teresa asks Margret Thatcher for help to set up a hostel for London's elderly homeless in UK. |
| 4/13/1989 |
Malayalam film 'Piravi' directed by Shaji N. Karun adjudged best feature film of 1988. |
| 4/13/1993 |
Bhupan Hazarika wins Phalke Award for 1992. |
| 4/13/1993 |
Lalitadevi Shastri passed away. |
| 4/13/1994 |
United Arab Emirates lost to India in its first official ODI. |
| 4/13/1997 |
Anand wins Dos Hermanas chess crown. |
| 4/13/1997 |
Paes-Bhupathi corner doubles glory in the Gold Flake Open tennis in Chennai. |
| 4/13/1999 |
D. Sripada Rao, former Speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Assembly, is shot dead by People's War Group naxalites near Annaram village in Karimnagar district. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/10/1977 | The Planning Commission decides to introduce Rolling Plan concept. |
| 11/25/1879 | Sri Thanwardas Lilaram Vaswani, professor, saint poet, great orator and prolific writer, was born in Hyderabad, Sindh (now in Pakistan). He was the founder of Mira Movement. |
| 2/2/1958 | Family tradition still counts for something in Indian politics. Indira Gandhi, the only daughter of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and the granddaughter of a statesman, has been elected president of the Congress party in India. Mrs. Gandhi will be installed into her new office next Sunday, and her job is not expected to be an easy one. The Congress party has been wracked by internal dissension and has been on the verge of collapse. It is hoped that Mrs. Gandhi, who is 41, will breath some new life into the party. Most of the politicians who have been arguing about the future of their party and country are fairly old. Mrs. Gandhi, who is known for her leftist sentiments, is expected to act quickly to put her own mark on party policies. |
| 6/16/1925 | Chittaranjan Das, great freedom fighter, revolutionary, orator, poet, journalist and lawyer, died. |
| 7/13/1990 | Boby Talyarkhan, famous sports critic and author, died. |
| 11/11/1923 | Shamasunder Gururaj Mudgal, great educationist, was born at Bijapur, Bagalkot. |
| 11/2/1908 | 50 years after the start of direct rule, Edward VII talks of 'prudently extending' democracy. |
| 11/2/1908 | Sjihab al-Din Sultan Choerram Sjah Djahan, leader of India, was born. |
| 1/1/1997 | 30-year Ganga water sharing treaty between India and Bangladesh takes effect. |
| 8/18/1997 | Shanvac-B, India's first genetically engineered vaccine for Hepatitis B was launched. |
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