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Historical Event on 2/13/1856
East India Company captured Lucknow along with Avadh Kingdom.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/21/1999 | Bansi Lal, Haryana Chief Minister, quits before seeking a trust vote; and rebels form a separate party. |
| 1/25/1971 | Himachal Pradesh becomes a full-fledged 18th Indian Union state. |
| 8/5/2000 | Lala Amarnath (88), former Indian cricketer, died in New Delhi. |
| 4/15/1895 | Bal Gangadhar Tilak inagurated the Shivaji Mahotsav at Raigad Fort. |
| 6/18/1896 | Cota Ramaswami, cricketer (Davis Cup for India 1922, Test 1936), was born in Madras. |
| 10/12/1976 | Indian Airlines Caravelle crashed after take off from Bombay. |
| 8/17/1780 | Indian Governor General Warren Hastings duel with Francis to settle personal and official quarrels. Francis was wounded but survived. |
| 1/16/1966 | Sadhu Thanwardas Lilaram Vaswani, noted thinker and saint poet, great orator, professor and prolific writer, died at Pune. |
| 3/20/1925 | Marquess Curzon of Kedleston died this morning at age 66 from complications following an operation. Long a kingpin of the Conservative party, Lord Curzon spent 40 years in public life, serving as Viceroy and Governor General of India and, at the end of his career, as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Though he came close to becoming prime minister in 1923, his aristocratic past militated against him in an era which nominated leaders from the House of Commons. He twice wed US women and enjoyed fame as an author of books about politics and his own travels. |
| 12/23/1972 | Chandrasekhar takes 8-79 India v England at Delhi. |
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