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Historical Event on 5/13/1953

The first Indian Navy air station INS Garuda was commissioned at Venduruthy, the naval base in Cochin.

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2/21/1993Naxals free Andhra Pradesh Congress (I) MLA P.Balaraju and a govt. official after 22 days in captivity.
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1/15/1996Victoria Terminus (VT) station in Mumbai renamed Chhatrapati Shivaji Railway Terminus by the Centre.
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7/31/1974B. S. Chawla was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 15-08-1974.
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10/4/1986Helicoptor Corporation of India established.
4/3/1912M. Varadarajan, educationist and author, was born at Tirupattur.
6/29/1976Sandhya Chib, Miss India-Universe (1996), was born.