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Historical Event on 7/13/1912
Shriman Narayan, educationist, administrator and diplomat, was born in Etawah, U.P.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/27/1972 | Shri Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, prolific author and first librarian of the University of Madras, passed away at the age of 80 at Bangalore. |
| 11/8/2000 | India wins the men's team title in the World Carrom championship in New Delhi. |
| 9/29/1981 | Delhi-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. |
| 2/13/1879 | Sarojini Naidu ""Nightingale of India"", was born at Hyderabad. She was the first Governor of Uttar Pradesh. She also holds a place of pride among the women freedom fighters of India. She presided over the Kanpur session of Indian National Congress and took active part in Salt Satyagraha and represented Indian women in Round Table Conference, London, 1931. |
| 11/13/1962 | Yezdani Gulam, great researcher, archeologist and art critic, died |
| 6/6/1997 | New economic grouping BIST-EC (Bangladesh-India-Sri Lanka-Thailand Economic Cooperation forum) comes into being. |
| 10/27/1907 | Brahma Bandhav Upadhyay died. |
| 12/7/1995 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2C), third indigenous satellite in the INSAT-2 series, launched. This has additional capabilities such as mobile satellite service, business communication and television outreach beyond Indian boundaries. This is still in service. It was launched by Ariane launch vehicle at French Guyana. |
| 5/21/1994 | JKLF leader Mohammed Yasim Malik agrees to eschew violence provided the Centre guarantees a dialogue without pre-conditions. |
| 10/1/1993 | The IAF joined in peace keeping duties in Somalia as part of the Indian contingent supporting UN operations. |
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