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Historical Event on 5/13/1962

Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963).

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/22/1901Nirmal Kumar Bose was born.
4/12/1799The Church Missionary Society was organized in London under the original name of the Society for Missions in Africa and the East. This Anglican missions agency currently works in fields located in Africa, Ceylon, India, Pakistan, Iran and Palestine.
9/23/1992Indian-designed pilotless target aircraft 'Lakshya' successfully tested.
12/20/1957Kalinga Prize for 1957 awarded to Lord Bertrand Russell.
8/22/1988Gorkha National Liberation Front signs an accord with the Centre and West Bengal on formation of an elective hill Council for Darjeeling.
9/5/1612East India Company's Navy eastablished.
9/5/1612Sikandar Sur was compelled to surrender Mankot in Punjab.
11/30/1920N. B. Kamat, filmmaker and distributor, was born.
5/31/1970Indira Gandhi called for international help as the civil war in Bangladesh, or East Pakistan, had turned two million people into refugees. Many of them were suffering from cholera and smallpox. The authorities of West Pakistan refused to care for them, and India couldn't afford to.
9/24/1994At least 100 people die after an outbreak of pneumonic plague in the western city of Surat.