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Historical Event on 10/13/1991

Captain Satish Sharma nominated to contest from Amethi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/1/1989UN Peace-keeping Force arrives in Windhoek to prefare for independence of Namibia.
6/1/1945Tata Fundamental Research Institute was established.
5/2/195340 persons were reported losing their lives today in the first crash of a jet airliner in commercial service. The jetliner, a British-built Comet, plunged to earth in a violent storm just a few minutes after taking off from Calcutta. It was carrying a party of rubber and tin operators from Malaya to England. There were no survivors. Two Comets have crashed before, one last October and one in March, but neither was carrying passengers.
1/7/1988Mrs. Janaki Ramachandran sworn in as CM of Tamil Nadu.
6/10/1957Bhai Vir Singh, great Punjabi poet, novelist, social reformer, musician, humanitarian and Padma Bhushan awardee, died.
4/11/1887Jamini Roy, famous artist, was born.
1/30/1948Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the spiritual leader of Indian independence, was shot and killed by a Hindu extremist. The 78-year-old Gandhi was shot at point-blank range as he was walking through a garden to a pergola, where he was to deliver his daily prayer meeting.
7/5/2000The Prime Minister rules out restoring pre-1953 status to Jammu and Kashmir.
1/8/1908Gandhiji asks the Government for suspension of Registration Act, offers voluntary registration.
2/3/1969Thiru Conjeevaram Natrajan Annadurai ""Anna"", a great patriot, writer, editor, orator, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and the commencer of Dravid Movement, passed away. He was the key person in formation of Anna Dramuk Party.