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Historical Event on 3/13/1992
Indumati Ramkrishna Shevde, famous writer, critic and painter, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/10/1908 | Mary Clubwala Jadhav, politician and social worker, was born. |
| 11/14/1997 | N. V. N. Somu, Union Minister of State for Defence and president of The Hindu Office and National Press Employees Union from 1969, died in Army Helicopter crash at Tezpur in Arunachal Pradesh. |
| 1/9/1994 | Indian diplomats and staff members evacuated from war-ravaged Kabul. |
| 8/1/1952 | Yajurvindra Singh Jaswant Singh, cricketer (Indian batsman four Tests 1977-79), was born in Rajkot. |
| 12/10/1969 | Norman Borlaug, the Iowa-born crop expert, whose research on new strains of high-yielding rice and wheat has led to a Green Revolution in developing countries, was awarded the Nobel peace prize today. Working at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center of Mexico since 1944, Borlaug, 56, has directed a team of agronomists working on the development of new crop plant strains that have allowed Third World farmers to multiply yields dramatically. His organization has trained farm technicians from 29 countries, including India, Pakistan and Turkey, enabling them to move steadily toward the goal of self-sufficiency in food production. |
| 6/10/1900 | Jayantnath Chaudhary, former General of Indian Army General, was born. |
| 8/2/1988 | The Supreme Court confirmed death sentence on Satwant Singh and Kehar Singh in Indira Gandhi murder case. |
| 1/28/1951 | Kashmir issue taken up in UN security council. |
| 5/24/1992 | D. R. Bhagwat, veteran journalist, passed away. |
| 2/12/1997 | Parkash Singh Badal, President, Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal), sworn in as the Chief Minister of Punjab for third time. |
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