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Historical Event on 7/13/1913
Tulsi Prasad Khaitan, great industrialist, was born in Chandi village, Bihar .
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| 1/23/1909 | New direct 7,000-mile telegraphic link with India is hailed as a great achievement at London. |
| 10/4/1847 | Pratapsingh Bhosle, Maratha King, died. |
| 5/13/1791 | Lord Cornwallis retreated back to Madras after the battle of Arikera. |
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| 8/1/1970 | Former Beatle George Harrison led an all-star entourage of rock talent through two sold-out shows at New York's Madison Square Garden tonight, in a benefit for Bangladesh refugees. More than 40,000 attended the concerts, and Harrison hoped to donate $250,000 to the cause. The shows opened with sets of Indian music by sitarist Ravi Shankar, then moved through songs featuring Harrison, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, Leon Russell, and another ex-Beatle, Ringo Starr. But the evening's most ecstatic ovations were reserved for the unexpected appearance of Bob Dylan. |
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