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Historical Event on 9/13/1997

Grieving India lays to rest Mother Teresa in state funeral in Calcutta in which pomp and splendour is combined with religious rites.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/20/1967First Indian made Sounding Rocket 'Rohini RH75' launched into space from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station.
4/14/1979Sanjiva Reddy,President, flagged off the first electric train in Madras.
10/31/1984Rajiv Gandhi sworn in as Prime Minister of India by Gyani Zail Singh, President of India, at New Delhi. He held this office till December 1, 1989.
11/3/1997India presents G-15 with agenda for a fair deal in Kuala Lumpur. India calls upon Group of 15 developing countries to ""build convergences among nations and encourage G-7 to pursue structured and issue-based dialogue with us'
1/12/1757Captain Eyre Coote from the Portuguese was captured in Bandel.
6/23/1990Harindranath Chatopadhyay, famous poet, actor and former member of Parliament, passed away.
9/1/1976Indira Gandhi asks for sweeping new powers at New Delhi.
10/31/1955The Prime Minister inaugurated the Cooperative Milk Producers' Union factory at Anand, Gujarat.
9/21/1912Firoz Gandhi, great politician, was born.
1/4/1914Indira Sant, famous Marathi poet, was born.