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Historical Event on 12/13/1978
Sayyed Avid Husain, litterateur and Padmabhushan awardee, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/17/1931 | Viceroy of India Lord Irvin accepted Mahatma Gandhi as leader of people and invited him at Vicregal Lodge (now known at Rashtrapati Bhavan). After the event, Winston Churchill, who later became Prime Minister of Britain, referred Gandhiji as ""the Half-Naked Fakir of India"". |
| 1/16/1924 | In a tragic ship wreck, Kumaran Asan, famous Malayalam poet & eminent social worker, died. |
| 2/1/1855 | East India Railways were held for formal inauguration; Howrah station was opened. |
| 12/12/1959 | Krishnammachari Srikkanth, cricketer (big-hitting Indian opener 1981-92), was born in Madras. |
| 12/17/2000 | The 13-day nationwide postal strike called off. |
| 6/23/1942 | Jabbar Patel, film producer, was born. |
| 12/4/1977 | Ajit Agarkar, promising Indian ODI all-rounder, was born. |
| 1/28/1996 | Dev Kanta Baruah, first President of former Congress, passed away at New Delhi at the age of 82. |
| 4/2/1994 | Ravi Naik sworn in CM. |
| 6/30/1834 | Congress creates Indian Territory (now Oklahoma). |
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