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Historical Event on 8/13/1998
India signs two agreements with the World Bank for concessional credit through the International Development Association for $115.4 million.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/31/1912 | Allan Octavian, great social reformer, patriot, lawyer, journalist and politician, passed away at the age of 84. |
| 12/17/1974 | Ustad Gulam Sabir, famous Sarangi player, died at Kanpur. |
| 9/5/1997 | Mother Teresa, founder of Missionaries of Charity who was awarded with Nobel Prize (1979) and Bharat Ratna, died at the age of 87 due to heart attack late in the evening around 9:30 pm in Calcutta. |
| 2/10/1691 | Job Charnock established the first English factory in Calcutta. |
| 5/29/1968 | Dara Singh becomes the world wrestling champion. |
| 9/25/1916 | Pandit Dindayal Upadhyay, great litterateur, philosopher, social worker and first General Secretary of UP branch, was born at Dhankia village, Rajasthan. |
| 5/16/1933 | Shani, writer of novel 'Kalajal' and film 'Shaukin', was born. |
| 2/10/1990 | Saroj Mukherjee, WB's CPI(M) secretary, died. |
| 6/1/1996 | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, former President of India, passed away. |
| 9/13/1992 | Union government decides to form a National Human Rights Commission. |
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