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Historical Event on 6/13/1905

Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji, cricketer (England 1929-31), was born.

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5/18/1945Bhagwat Subramaniam Chandrasekhar, cricketer (brilliant Indian leggie 1964-79), was born in Banglore. He received Arjun Award and Padmashree awards in 1972.
12/26/1921Nurul. S. Hasan, educationist and statesman, was born at Lucknow (U.P).
11/7/1900Ranga N.G, professor and politician, was born.
3/19/1973Mine explosion in Bihar kills 47.
7/7/196294 people died in an Italian DC-8 air crash near Bombay.
9/8/1887Swami Sivananda, (1887-1963), religious leader, Hindu universalist renaissance guru, author of 200 books and founder of Divine Life Society with 400 branches worldwide, was born in the quiet village of Pattamadai, District Tirunelveli.
4/8/1950Nehru and Ali Khan sign the Indo-Pakistani Pact.
5/25/1996Maharashta govt. announces decision to revive Sri Krishna Commission set up to probe the 1993 Mumbai riots.
5/22/1940Erapalli Anantrao Srinivasarao Prasanna, cricketer (one of India's big four spinners, Right-arm Off-break Bowler), was born at Bangalore. He is also the receipent of Arjun Award (1968) and Padmashree (1970).
11/21/1947First postal stamp of indepedent India of three and half annas denomination was started. Major General Cariappa took over from Lieutenant General Sir Francies Tulker as the Army Commander, Eastern Command, in the rank of Lieutenant General.