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Historical Event on 2/13/1977

Jasawant Singh, famous physiologist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/27/1984First unit of Atomic Energy Production Centre started at Kalpakkam.
5/28/1883Vinayak Damodar Savarkar ""Veer Savarkar"", great freedom fighter, social reformer, politician and writer, was born at Bhagur village near Nasik.
9/29/1981Delhi-Srinagar Indian Airlines Boeing 737 flight was diverted to Lahore, Pakistan by five Khalistan activists of the Dal Khalsa International. On board there were 117 passengers out of which 66 were freed on arrival in Lahore.
3/19/1911Santosh Kumar Ganguly, cricket test empire and 10 test 1955-65, was born in Bengal. He also played Hockey and Football. He is the aurthor of ""Manual of Cricket Umpires"" and ""Technique of Umpiring Hockey"".
3/27/1966Indira Gandhi meets Johnson in Washington.
8/15/1996Deve Gowda speaks in Hindi on the occasion of the 50th Independence Day.
3/9/1931The Tories decide not to attend future round table talks on India in London.
10/2/1986Rajiv Gandhi survives assassination attempt made by Sikh extremists at Raj Ghat.
9/24/1856Henry, first Viscount Hardinge of Lahore and Governor General of India, passed away.
4/15/1948Indian territory of Himachal Pradesh was created by the merger of some 30 small ruling states.