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Historical Event on 12/13/1989

Kashmiri militants release the daughter of Indian Home Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed as five of their comrades freed from prison.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/4/1980Second Commonwealth Regional Heads of Government Conference in New Delhi.
7/12/1994Vasant (V. P. Sathe), film critic, journalist, publisher and author, passed away.
10/12/1935Shivraj Vishwanath Patil, former Speaker of Lok Sabha, was born
6/6/1999Paes-Bhupathi bagged their maiden Grand Slam doubles crown, defeating Goran Ivanisevic and Jeff Tarango in the final.
11/20/1981Bhaskara-II, India's second experimental remote sensing satellite, was launched by Russian launch vehicle Intercosmos. This provided experience in building and operating a remote sensing satellite system on an end-to-end basis.
3/17/1995Congress-I in Arunachal Pradesh wins two-third majority.
6/4/1959Chakravarti Rajagopalachari opposed the Socialist Policies of Indian National Congress and founded Swatantra Party alongwith Ranga.
6/12/1990CPI(M) accuses Communist Party of Soviet Union of departing from the basic ideology of Marxism-Leninism in the name of correcting past distortions.
9/18/1803Puri was captured by Britishers from the Marathas without any struggle.
7/31/1985Lalit Maken, Congress (I) M.P, his wife and a visitor at their residence in Delhi were shot down by terrorists.