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Historical Event on 3/13/1857
Lord William Pit, Governer General of India (1823-28), passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/8/1994 | Kapil Dev sets world record for Test Cricket wickets with 432. |
| 6/24/1990 | Defence scientists successfully test fired country's first third generation anti-tank missile 'NAG'. |
| 10/6/1997 | Abhijit Kunte wins Asian Junior Chess title. |
| 9/4/1980 | Second Commonwealth Regional Heads of Government Conference in New Delhi. |
| 4/9/1936 | SikhdevSingh RattanSingh Dhindsa was born in Ubhawal village, Distt. Sangrur (Punjab). |
| 8/2/1885 | Poet Siyaram Saran Gupt, brother of national poet Maithilysharan Gupt, was born. |
| 11/19/2000 | Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, agriculture scientist, gets the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 1999. |
| 2/18/1911 | Captain Vasudev Belwalkar, who had also written the novels on history and war, was born. |
| 8/10/1986 | Gen. A.S. Vaidya, who was Chief of Army Staff, at the time of 'Operation Blue Star', was shot dead at Pune. |
| 6/14/1998 | S. Vijayalakshmi wins National women's `A' chess title in Mumbai. |
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