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Historical Event on 7/13/1929
Jatindranath Das started fast strike.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
1/26/1997 | Delhi becomes the first state in India to enforce a ban on smoking in all public places. |
8/7/1906 | First Tricoloured National Flag consisting of Green, Yellow and Red, with eight Lotuses on the top, second strip carrying ""Vande Matara"" in Devnagri and the third strip having Sun and Cresent Moon, was hoisted at Green Park in Calcutta by Surendranath Banerjee. |
1/19/1982 | Bombay High Court finds allegations against Chief Minister A. R. Antulay justified. Antulay resigns. |
4/18/1959 | India, Pakistan sign one-year pact on Indus River irrigation. |
4/8/1925 | Kumar Gandharva (Shivputra Siddharamaiya Komkali), famous music director and singer, was born. |
10/2/1957 | All India Scheduled Caste Federation formally dissolved and a new political party 'Republican Party of India' was formed. |
9/24/1994 | At least 100 people die after an outbreak of pneumonic plague in the western city of Surat. |
5/31/1928 | Pankaj Khirod Roy, cricketer (Indian opener, 413 partnership w/Vinoo Mankad), was born in Calcutta. He was the recipient of Padmashree (1975). |
11/7/1995 | G-15 summit concludes calling for South-South cooperation and reduction of trade barriers, tariffs among the member countries, stability of interest and exchange rates. |
5/13/1998 | India carries out two more nuclear tests at Pokharan in Rajasthan. |
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