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Historical Event on 5/13/2000

Lara Dutta (21), who said beauty pageants give women a platform to ''voice our choices and opinions'' is named Miss Universe 2000 in the Cyprus capital Nicosia.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/26/1943Cholera epidemic killed 2,155 people in the third week of October at Calcutta.
9/2/1996Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand beats Garry Kasparov in Rapid Chess tournament in Geneva.
7/31/1952Bela Mitra, commander of ""Nari Vahini"" and activist of ""Azad Hind Fauj"", passed away. She also worked as partition refugee.
10/20/1752The grateful Wazir induced the emperor to make Badan Singh the 'Raja' with the title of Mahendra, and Suraj Mal the 'Mumar Bahadur' with the title of Rajendra.
3/29/1939Hanumant Singh, cricketer (14 Tests for India-century on debut), was born in Banswara.
3/30/1994Exim Policy streamlined to attract exporting community.
2/15/1997Conference of Inter-Parliamentary Union in New Delhi.
3/25/1963Yagyawalk Bharadwaj, famous botany scientist, passed away.
12/25/1921Mass boycott greets the Prince of Wales when he arrives in Calcutta.
1/22/1683Shri Samarth Ramdas passed away.