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Historical Event on 8/13/1988

Gajanan Jagirdar, great actor and director in Indian film industry, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/7/1871Abanindranath Tagore, great modern artist and painter, was born at Jorasanko in Calcutta.
12/1/1993Tata Steel's Amit Bhaduria win's India's first gold medal in the 10th Asian Track and Field meet in Manila in discus throw.
8/6/1951Rukmini Lakshmipathi, great social reformer and leader, died.
11/23/1990Madhavrao Ganesh (Balasaheb Dixit), founder of daily news paper ""Turun Bharat"", passed away.
5/19/1956The Indian govt. bans six U.S. and two British films for presenting a 'disparaging' impression of life in Africa, including 'African Queen' and 'Mogambo' at New Delhi.
10/14/1994Setu Madhavrao Pagdi, researcher and historian, died.
12/17/1972New line of control agreed to in Kashmir between India & Pakistan.
1/20/1684Treaty between Marathas and Portuguese.
1/10/1920India became member of League of Nations.
5/26/1926Kankalta, freedom fighter, was born in Bargawadi village at Assam . She was shot when she tried to flur the Indian National Flag in Gopur, Assam.