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Historical Event on 3/13/1996

Wills World Cup Cricket semi final (India vs Sri Lanka) at Calcutta abandoned due to unruly crowd behaviour. Sri Lanka enters final.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/1/1993Dr. K. N. Raju, a Nilakantan protegee, assumes office as NAL's fourth Director.
2/4/1946Dr. Satnarayan Nathulal Jatiya was born in Jawad, Distt. Mandsaur (Madhya Pradesh).
9/6/1995Salil Chaudhary, famous music director in Hindi film industry, passed away.
4/14/1991NF promises 5-10\% jobs to economically backward sections among the upper castes.
3/25/1927Leslie Claudius, India field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56), was born.
8/10/1860Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, the great architect of the renaissance of Hindustani music and who played a vital role in giving re-birth to North Indian classical music, was born at Balukeshwar, Maharashtra.
10/19/1929Balbir Singh, India field hockey player (Olympic gold 1948-56), was born.
6/18/1956New Hindu Succession Act was passed.
6/21/1994The Janata Dal splits again, 14 of its 39 Lok Sabha members seek separate seats as a group.
1/23/1954Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad declares that the State of Kashmir is a part of India.