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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
| 8/13/1638 |
Durgadas Rathore, social reformer, was born at Salwa. |
| 8/13/1784 |
East India Company was appointed as the centralised Regulatory Authority through India by Pitt's India Act, which was accepted in British Parliament in England. |
| 8/13/1795 |
Ahilyabai Holkar passed away at the age of 70. |
| 8/13/1911 |
Guha Phulrenu, social worker, was born. |
| 8/13/1913 |
Khawtin Khuma, politician, was born at Phuldungsei, Tripura. |
| 8/13/1928 |
Nationalists issue a draft constitution calling for dominion status and a two-chamber parliament. |
| 8/13/1936 |
Madam Bhikaji Rustom Cama, freedom fighter, Indian lady revolutionary and politician, passed away at Bombay. |
| 8/13/1943 |
Chintamanrao Deshmukh was first Indian to be appointed Governor of Reserve Bank. |
| 8/13/1947 |
Riots sweep Lahore in Punjab; mobs stone Gandhi's house. |
| 8/13/1951 |
First test flight of 'Hindustan Trainer-2' (H.T.2) which was indigenously designed and manufactured in India. |
| 8/13/1951 |
Acharya Kishoridas Vajpayee passed away. |
| 8/13/1953 |
Durgabai Deshmukh became the founder Chairperson of Central Social Welfare Board, which involved several voluntary organisations and workers carrying out programs like education, training and rehabilitation of needy women etc. |
| 8/13/1954 |
Nehru says dispute over Portuguese colonies in India must be settled peacefully. |
| 8/13/1956 |
National Highways Act was approved by the Parliament of India. |
| 8/13/1960 |
Marmik' weekly magzine published. |
| 8/13/1963 |
Sisir Kumar Mitra, Physics scientist, died at the age of 73. |
| 8/13/1988 |
Gajanan Jagirdar, great actor and director in Indian film industry, died. |
| 8/13/1993 |
All the TDP MLAs suspended from Andhra Pradesh Assembly. |
| 8/13/1993 |
Rama Rao vows not to return to the house unless the government is ousted. |
| 8/13/1995 |
Kashmiri separatists behead a kidnapped Norwegian tourist and threatened to kill other hostages unless India freed 15 militants at Srinagar. |
| 8/13/1997 |
Supreme Court lays down guidelines and norms for the effective enforcement of the basic human right of gender equality and guarantee against sexual harassment at work places. |
| 8/13/1997 |
The contentious women's reservation bill put on the back burner with PM Gujral saying govt. would not push through such a major social legislation until there was a consensus on it. |
| 8/13/1998 |
India signs two agreements with the World Bank for concessional credit through the International Development Association for $115.4 million. |
| 8/13/2000 |
The Government announces the opening up of the national long distance communication segment with no restriction on the number of players. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/18/1899 | Jainarain Vyas, leader, freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Jodhpur, Rajasthan. He played a leading role in creating united Rajasthan by integration of various states of Rajputana. He was the first Chief Minister of Rajasthan from 1951 to 1954. |
| 1/28/1951 | Kashmir issue taken up in UN security council. |
| 9/13/1948 | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel took police action on Hyderabad for anti national policy's of Nijam of Hyderabad and Rijvi Rajakar's. |
| 1/26/1997 | Mizoram becomes a dry state, the fourth, after Gujarat, AP and Haryana. |
| 5/15/1993 | K.M. Cariappa, field marshal and Major General, passed away at the age of 93. |
| 10/20/1999 | The Cabinet approves the Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA) Bill for introduction in the current session of Lok Sabha if time permits. |
| 3/15/1950 | Planning Commission Day. |
| 1/7/1900 | Raghukul Tilak, educationist and social worker, was born at Meerut, UP. |
| 7/21/1995 | Sajjad Husain, famous film music director, passed away. |
| 2/14/1933 | W. R. Sonar, famous marathi poet, author, playwright, editor and publisher, was born. |
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