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Historical Event on 8/13/1995

Kashmiri separatists behead a kidnapped Norwegian tourist and threatened to kill other hostages unless India freed 15 militants at Srinagar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/31/1997Merger of SCICI and ICICI confirmed with effect from 1/4/1996.
1/31/1997Jesuit father and first Englishman S.J.Thomas Stephens arrived at Goa in a Portuguese ship. He settled here and died in 1619.
2/12/1996President S.D. Sharma in Kerala.
5/30/1999India rejects U.N. offer to send a special envoy to defuse Indo-Pak tensions.
6/30/1823Sir Dinshaw Manokji Petit, famous industrialist, was born.
5/30/1977Express Train fell into Beki river in Assam killing 44 persons.
6/17/1994Twelve opposition legislators in Sikkim resign.
11/21/1899Harekrushna Mahtab, freedom fighter, politician, industrialist and writer, was born at Agarpara district Balasore, Orissa.
1/12/1949Tej Bahadur Saproo, liberal leader, passed away. He was a strong believer in constitution and not in revolutions.
1/20/1993Karnataka ministry expanded to include 27 more members; S.M. Krishna made Dy. CM.