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Historical Event on 5/13/1994
Telecom sector opened to private companies under the new national policy announced in Parliament.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/16/1848 | Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Telegu author and social reformer, was born in Andhra Pradesh. |
| 7/16/1996 | The four basin states of Narmada valley - Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra - reach agreement to raise the height of Sardar Sarovar dam in Gujarat to 436' after which hydrological studies will be done for 5 years to decide whether the height should be raised to the awarded 455'. |
| 3/10/1940 | Banwarilal Bhagwandas Purohit, famous leader of Vidarbha, was born. |
| 3/3/1993 | Sharad Pawar nominated CM of Maharashtra. |
| 9/1/1947 | Indian Standard Time was adopted. |
| 2/25/1884 | Ravishankar Maharaj, freedom fighter and national leader of the country, was born at Radhu village of Kaira District. |
| 8/6/1997 | Cabinet approves a proposal to amend the Hindu Marriage Act and the Special Marriage Act, with a view to removing epilepsy as a ground for annulling marriage or for declaring marriage as null and void. |
| 4/27/1994 | Supreme Court strikes down section 309 of the Indian Penal Code(which makes suicide a punishable offence)- violative of Article 21. |
| 4/21/1994 | Malayalam sweeps national film awards. Mammootty, Shobhana best actor and actress; T.V. Chandran best director; Buddadeb Das Gupta's Bengali 'Charachar' adjudged best film. |
| 2/28/1968 | International City Auroville inaugurated the Aurobindo Ashram in Pondechery. |
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