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Historical Event on 5/13/1962

Dr. Zakir Hussain became the Vice President (1962-67).

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/28/1976Second World Hindi Conference held in Mauritius.
4/8/1998India enters into a historical partnership with France with the formal launch of a joint programme for restoring and protecting the Taj Mahal.
3/3/1885Congress passes Indian Appropriations Act (Indians wards of fed govt).
1/21/1922Juda Reuben, cricket Test umpire for 10 tests from 1969-77, was born in Mumbai.
9/6/1993CPI (M) wrests Congress (I) bastion of Chowringhee in the by-elections to the WB Assembly; Durgapur and Kurseong also won by CPI (M).
4/6/1606Khusru Prince and his father Jahangir rebelled and fled from Agra.
11/20/1969The Union Home Ministry decides to reserve posts for SC\STs in the public sector undertakings.
9/2/1998Nishant, the pilotless training aircraft developed by DRDO, is successfully flown from Chandipore.
10/27/1992Veerappa Moily, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, resigned from Bangarappa Government in Karnataka.
4/27/1997CBI decides to prosecute Bihar CM Laloo Prasad Yadav, former CM Dr. Jagannath Mishra, Union Minister Chandra Deo Prasad Verma and 53 others in the Rs. 950 crore fodder scam case.