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Historical Event on 5/13/1923
Moinul Haque Choudhury, social reformer and politician, was born at Sonabarighat (Assam).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/13/2000 | The Union Government gives its approval for the creation of the three new states of Jharkhand, Uttaranchal and Chhattisgarh to be carved out of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. |
| 12/21/1911 | Central Bank of India established. |
| 5/13/1791 | Lord Cornwallis retreated back to Madras after the battle of Arikera. |
| 9/10/1999 | Top seeds Bhupathi and Paes finished runners-up in the US Open doubles, losing to Sebastien Lareau and Alex O'Brien in the final. |
| 1/3/1923 | Madhukar Arnalkar, famous Marathi writer, was born. |
| 2/17/1991 | Krishnabai Mote, famous author and social worker, passed away. |
| 5/3/1913 | Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, more generally known as Dada Saheb Phalke, was responsible for the production of India's first fully indigenous silent four-reel feature film 'Raja Harishchandra' which heralded the birth of the Indian film industry. The film had titles in Hindi and English and was released on May 3, 1913 at the Coronation Cinematograph in Bombay. |
| 11/13/1970 | Flooding ravages Ganges delta. 200,000 million killed. |
| 5/30/1991 | Uma Shankar Dixit (90) passed away. |
| 7/4/1989 | Capt. W. A. Sangma appointed Governor of Mizoram and A. A. Rahim Governor of Meghalaya. |
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