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Historical Event on 2/13/1989

Aubrey Menen (76), Renowned writer, passed away in Kerala.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/8/1918Montagu - Chelmsford Report was published. This report was prepared to reform the legislature of India. This report was made by Edwin Montagu who was the Secretary of States for India and Lord Chelmsford, who was the Viceroy.
9/10/1872Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji ""Ranji"", Maharaj Jamsaheb of Nawanagar and noted cricketer, was born in village Sarodar near Jamnagar, Kathiawad. He was referred as ""The prince of a little state, but the king of a great game"". He also played for Sussex.
2/9/1942Chiang Kai-Shek meets Sir Stafford Cripps, British Viceroy in India.
2/7/1795Dutch Prince William V accepts British occupation of Dutch Indies.
4/8/1923Plague in India killed 1,000 in past week.
5/8/1933Gandhi starts hunger strike to protest the British repression of untouchables.
1/22/1980Bal Ram Jakhar elected Lok Sabha Speaker.
4/18/1971Air India's first Jumbo Jet Plane passenger Boeing 747 named 'Emperor Samrat Ashok' was landed on Santacruz Airport at Bombay.
12/9/1999Several MPs in the Lok Sabha demand resignation of the CBI chief in the Priyadarshini Matto murder case.
12/19/19842,500 killed in Bhopal gas tragedy.