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Historical Event on 4/13/1889
Balkrishna A. Pillai, litterateur and journalist, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/10/1907 | Rudyard Kipling, author of `The Jungle Book' and `Kim', received the Nobel prize for literature. |
| 5/28/1907 | Purohit Dingambar Vinayak (Nanasaheb), leader in Maharashtra, was born. |
| 5/28/1907 | King Birbal, renowned wit and one amongst the 'Navratna' of Emperor Akbar's Court, died in a war with Usuf Jard Kabile. |
| 10/27/1923 | Arvind Navinchandra Mafatlal, famous industrialist, was born. |
| 10/27/1923 | Genghis Khan, Monghol conqueror, passed away. |
| 4/7/2000 | The Delhi police unearth a multicrore cricket betting and match- fixing racket involving five South African cricketers, including the captain Hansie Cronje. A Delhi-based Indian operator Rajesh Kalra put behind bars. |
| 5/2/1953 | 40 persons were reported losing their lives today in the first crash of a jet airliner in commercial service. The jetliner, a British-built Comet, plunged to earth in a violent storm just a few minutes after taking off from Calcutta. It was carrying a party of rubber and tin operators from Malaya to England. There were no survivors. Two Comets have crashed before, one last October and one in March, but neither was carrying passengers. |
| 12/15/1957 | 60 Harijans enter the Vishwanath Temple at Varanasi. |
| 11/8/1919 | Madan Theatres Ltd. was founded under a Joint Stock Company at Calcutta. Their maiden venture 'Bilwamangal' was released on November 8, 1919 at the Cornwallis Theatre, Calcutta. |
| 12/11/1999 | Leander Paes capped a brilliant year with his successive Challenger title, this time in Jaipur, beating Barry Cowan in the final. |
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