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Historical Event on 5/13/1953
The first Indian Navy air station INS Garuda was commissioned at Venduruthy, the naval base in Cochin.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/6/1983 | Indian National Congress lost for the first time in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka State Assembly Elections. |
| 12/12/1901 | Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore founded the first dance school called as ""Kala Bhawan"" and established the ""Barahamacharya Ashram"", the core of Vishwa Bharati University of Shantiniketan, near Bolpur. It was formally opened on December. |
| 1/30/1993 | Dr. Syvatoslav Roerich, 89, renowned painter and husband of film actress Devika Rani, passed away. |
| 1/1/1920 | P.M. Nadagouda, politician, was born at Mysore, Chitwadgi. |
| 12/6/1997 | Nine persons killed and over 60 injured in bomb blasts in three trains which left Chennai. Blasts occurred in Tiruchi, Erode (Tamil Nadu) and Trissur in Kerala. |
| 11/9/1997 | Film Federation of India chooses Malayalam film 'Guru' as official entry for Oscar awards. |
| 11/27/1999 | Lt. Gen. J.F.R. Jacob is sworn in Punjab Governor. |
| 4/17/1952 | First Lok Sabha was formed. Ananthasaynam Ayyangar, was elected as the first Deputy speaker of Lok Sabha (1952). |
| 4/21/1938 | Muhammad Iqbal, famous Urdu poet, passed away. |
| 1/4/1948 | Burma achieved its independence from Great Britain. In 1989, Burma changed its name to Myanmar to reflect the multi-ethnic composition of the country. Apart from the Burmese, the main ethnic minority groups are the Karen, Shan, Mon, Chin, and Kachin. Just as the Burmese did against the British, almost all of these ethnic groups have struggled against the Burmese government for self-determination. |
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