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Historical Event on 5/13/1952
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru again becomes the Prime Minister of India and forms a new union ministry.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/12/1925 | Dattatreya Gajanan Phadkar alias ""Dattu"" Phadkar, cricketer (pace bowler all-rounder for India), Kolhapur, Maharastra, was born. |
| 8/25/1997 | 10,000 people residing in low lying areas in Gujarat shifted to safer places following incessant rains for two days. Death toll mounts to 265. |
| 1/4/1967 | Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. began delivery of the MIG aircraft. |
| 2/11/1998 | Prof. Anil Kumar Baruah, CPI(ML) candidate for the Dibrugarh Lok Sabha seat, is shot dead by suspected ULFA militants at Neharani. |
| 6/17/1991 | Prabhakar Machve, famous litterateur, passed away. |
| 8/17/1970 | The first microwave link, which was set up without foreign assistance, was commissioned between Asansol, Dhanbad and Ranchi. |
| 2/15/2000 | K.R. Narayanan, President, presents Dada Saheb Phalke Award for 1998 to B.R. Chopra for his contribution to Indian cinema. |
| 5/10/1936 | Dr. Mukhtar Ahmad Ansari, great freedom fighter, politician, journalist and muslim leader, passed away. |
| 9/24/1815 | John Sevier, Indian fighter (Gov/Rep-Tn), died at the age of 70. |
| 1/2/1947 | Mahatma Gandhi met Lord Bevin, the personal emissary of British Prime Minister Winston Churchil, in Delhi. Beven is reported to have told the great man, ''Eighteen languages, 500 dialects, some 30 religions, a million Gods and Goddesses, 300 million individuals, an infinity of castes and sub castes, and a population (that is) practically illiterate and half of which (are) beggars or thieves... Good luck, sir! Such a nation is ungovernable! It'd take you centuries to get anywhere!''. Gandhiji wrapped his large, white shawl a little more closely around him, and modestly replied, 'India has eternity before her.. and ""All around me is utter darkness"". |
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