Washington DC, Virginia, Maryland Indian Community - washingtondcIndian.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 3/13/1971

Fifth General Election of India ends.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/5/1998Ali Sardar Jafri, Urdu writer, is presented the Jnanpeeth award for 1997.
3/10/1873Maulana Shaukat Ali, freedom fighter, nationalist and Muslim politician, was born.
11/10/1659Chhatrapati Shivaji killed Afzal Khan near Pratapgad Fort by a clever but undignified move.
6/4/1989Melville de Mellow, Eminent broadcaster, died.
10/31/1990Hindus flee Muslim prorsecution in Kashmir Valley.
2/22/1958Maulana Abul Kalam Azad passed away in New Delhi, India. He was a great leader, great orator, revolutionary and fighter for national freedom. Some of his works which are the masterpieces of the Urdu language are ""Ghubari-Khatir"" and Tadhkirah"". He was Minister of Education in the first Indian Government.
7/13/1990Union Ministers Arun Nehru, Arif Mohammed Khan and Satpal Malik submitted their resignation in protest against O.P.Chautala's taking over as CM of Haryana.
2/8/1993India and Spain sign four agreements as the Spanish PM, Felipe Gonzalez, began a two-day visit to New Delhi.
11/13/1935Chandra Prakash Gupta, great educationist, was born at Gaini in UP.
2/1/1922Gandhiji gives notice to the Viceroy Lord Reading during Bardoli movement to inform him that he was intensifying his action and non-cooperation was to be escalated to Civil Disobedience.