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Historical Event on 3/13/1878
The Vernacular Press Act was passed which subsequently made the Amrita Bazar Patrika of Calcutta an English newspaper.
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| 12/14/1999 | India lost to Australia by 285 runs in Adelaide in the first cricket Test. |
| 11/9/1997 | Poonam Chibber, Miss Canada, crowned seventh Miss India Worldwide. |
| 6/25/1922 | Satyendranath Datta, famous Bengali poet, passed away. |
| 6/25/1922 | Tulsidas, Mahakavi Saint, was born. |
| 3/8/1986 | L.K. Advani elected President of BJP. |
| 2/11/1993 | Kamal Amrohi, famous film producer, director and writer, died at the age of 76 years. He is famous for his Hindi films such as Mahal (1949), Pakeezah (1972) and Razia Sultan (1983). He also established Kamal Pictures (Mahal Films) in 1953 and Kamalistan Studio in Bombay in 1958. |
| 3/24/1947 | Lord Louis Mountbatten came to India. |
| 2/3/1921 | The Evens Report on Indian Cinema 1921' was tabled before the Govt. on February 3. |
| 2/3/1912 | Bardanand Chattergy, chemical expert, was born. |
| 10/10/1927 | Bansilal, leader of Lokdal Party, was born |
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