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Historical Event on 3/13/1991

President R. Venkataraman dissolves the Lok Sabha.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/11/1845First battle between Britishers and Sikhs. In 1849, Punjab lost its independence. This is referred as the first Anglo-Sikh War.
7/6/1955Marshall Tito and Nehru's joint declaration in Belgrade.
1/1/1965This year was announced to be observed as the ""Year of International Co-operation"".
2/23/1994India rebuts Pak charges on Kashmir in the 53-nation UN Commission on Human Rights.
11/21/199227 killed in a bomb blast engineered by Bodo extremists in a bus in Assam.
1/25/2000The Government awards Padma Vibhushan to R.K. Narayan, Dr.M.S. Gill; Padma Bhushan for Rajnikant and Padmashri for A.R. Rehman.
5/24/1991The body of Rajiv Gandhi, India's assassinated former premier and son of the late Indira Gandhi, was cremated in New Delhi today. He was killed by a suicide bomber in the southern state of Tamil Nadu three days ago. Police suspect that Tamil rebels, fighting for independence in Sri Lanka, carried out the murder. Gandhi's death signaled the end of the Nehru dynasty's rule over India. His two children were too young to assume the leadership of this turbulent nation. There was pressure for Sonia Gandhi to succeed her husband, but she was Italian-born and refused.
1/1/19958th World Tamil Conference begins in Madurai.
12/24/1993Khanprabha Bhaduri, famous Bengali poet and writer, died.
7/4/2000Volvo's Environmental Prize went to Prof. Amulya K. N. Reddy of India and three others for their work on ''How the world's energy resources can be made to suffice as the population grows''.