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Historical Event on 8/13/1995

Kashmiri separatists behead a kidnapped Norwegian tourist and threatened to kill other hostages unless India freed 15 militants at Srinagar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/5/1948C. Rajagopalachari appointed the first Indian Governor General to succeed Lord Mountbatten on 21 June.
9/24/1992Karnataka High Court stays government order granting permission to open nine private engineering colleges.
8/26/1997Commander of Uri sector Brigadier Jasbir Singh Lidder and another senior army officer have a narrow escape as Pakistani troops fire on their cavalcade at Chakori near LOC in J&K.
8/1/1997Lt. Gen. Ved Prakash Malik to be next chief of Army staff. Gen. Shankar Roy Chowdhury retires on September 30.
3/4/1924Shyam Lal Gupt 'Parshad' wrote the song 'Jhanda Ooncha Rahe Hamara'.
4/26/1945Virinchirpuram Krishnamurthi Ramaswamy, cricketer (Indian Test umpire stood in 1996 World Cup), was born in Madras.
6/27/1999India won the four-nation under-21 women's hockey title, defeating England in the final at the Kean University, New Jersey.
5/24/1903Hemchandra Bandopadhyay, famous Bengali poet, passed away.
4/20/1954Panchsheel agreement between China and India.
11/24/1999India finish with 10 gold, eight silver and seven bronze medals in the Commonwealth shooting championship which ended in Auckland.