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Historical Event on 3/13/1991

President R. Venkataraman dissolves the Lok Sabha.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/18/1963Laxminarayn Sahu, litterateur, journalist and social reformer, passed away.
2/9/1942Chiang Kai-Shek meets Sir Stafford Cripps, British Viceroy in India.
11/19/1994Lt. Gen. Shankar Roy Choudhury appointed Army Chief following the death of Gen. B.C. Joshi.
1/18/1992Muthuswami Pillai, father of Bharat Natyam classical dance, passed away.
1/8/1872Hemchandra Goswami, ancient Asamia literature expert, historian, editor and poet, was born.
7/29/1901Rudyard Kipling, the renowned author of stories and poems about colonial India and an unofficial spokesman for the British Empire, joined the rising chorus of criticism in regard to Britain's conduct in the increasingly unpopular Boer War.
9/25/1927Jagmohan Amirchand was born in Hafizabad (now in Pakistan).
7/21/1883Star Theatre was opened in Calcutta.
9/25/1946Bishan Singh Giansingh Bedi, cricketer (mighty Indian slow left-armer 1966-79), was born in Amritsar. He received the Arjun Award (1969) and the Padmashree (1970).
5/1/1958Bell, 47 G3, the flight was upgraded to a helicopter unit with a Sqn Ldr as its Commanding Officer.