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Historical Event on 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.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/1/1918Royal Air Force replaces Royal Flying Corps in Britain.
2/12/1996President S.D. Sharma in Kerala.
5/20/1994Indian ship rescues over 2000 Indian nationals trapped in the embattled Yemen's port city of Aden.
6/27/1839Maharaja Ranjit Singh, ruler of Punjab and Spiritual Guru of sikh community, passed away.
1/25/2000The Government awards Padma Vibhushan to R.K. Narayan, Dr.M.S. Gill; Padma Bhushan for Rajnikant and Padmashri for A.R. Rehman.
6/27/1967First Indian made AVRO aircraft passenger Plane HS748 handed over to Indian Airlines.
2/17/1931Viceroy of India Lord Irvin accepted Mahatma Gandhi as leader of people and invited him at Vicregal Lodge (now known at Rashtrapati Bhavan). After the event, Winston Churchill, who later became Prime Minister of Britain, referred Gandhiji as ""the Half-Naked Fakir of India"".
8/10/1758Marathas won the Atak.
2/12/1999The Centre dismisses the Rabri Devi Government in Bihar and imposes President's rule.
5/26/1945Vilasrao Dagdojirao Deshmukh, leader in Maharashtra, was born.