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Historical Event on 8/13/1951
Acharya Kishoridas Vajpayee passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/30/1994 | India seeks Chinese support for Security Council membership. |
| 8/12/1973 | Dayanand Balkrishna Bandodkar, first Chief Minister of Goa, Daman and Diu, died. |
| 7/13/1905 | Gandhiji opposes Bengal Partition, supports boycott of British goods. During Gokhale Lajpat Rai's deputation to Britain, he appeals to Colonial statesmen to treat India ""an integral part of the Empire"" with consideration. Sanjeevan, weekly from Calcutta, also raised the motto to boycott British Goods. |
| 1/8/2000 | The Government reconstitutes the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts and Trust and retains Mrs. Sonia Gandhi as a trustee along with Mr. P. V. Narasimha Rao, Prof. Yashpal and Dr. Abid Hussain. |
| 7/1/1992 | Central Railway started special train for ladies in Mumbai. |
| 3/15/1936 | Vasudevrao Apurao Changre, leader in Maharashtra, was born. |
| 5/22/1996 | Ravi Shastri appointed UNICEF's national ambassador for children. |
| 6/1/1944 | M. V. Dhurandhar, famous master painter of Maharashtra, passed away. |
| 8/15/1947 | At the stroke of midnight, India is free after 163 years of British Raj. At the same time Muslims win a degree of freedom from Hindus. They have their own separate dominion Pakistan in the British Commonwealth Sect. |
| 1/26/1961 | Special stamps dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi in the Champion of Liberty series issued by the United States postal department. |
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