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Historical Event on 11/13/1917
Vasantrao Banduji Patil, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/16/2000 | Rest of India wins the Irani Trophy cricket tournament. Murali Karthik scalps nine for 70, the best figures by a bowler in 38 Irani cup matches. |
| 4/14/1979 | Sanjiva Reddy,President, flagged off the first electric train in Madras. |
| 10/6/1893 | Meghnad N. Saha, astrophysicist, was born. In 1920, he developed the 'Thermal Ionization Equation', which has remained fundamental in all works on stellar atmospheres. This equation has been widely applied to the interpretation of stellar spectra, which are characteristic of the chemical composition of the light source. |
| 11/8/1932 | Sankhla Badluram, great industrialist, was born in Delhi. |
| 12/20/1959 | Jasu Patel takes 9-69 during India vs Australia tour at Kanpur. |
| 2/20/1847 | Turf Club of Royal Calcutta was established. |
| 1/10/1922 | Museum of Prince of Wales, situated at Mumbai, opened for public. |
| 6/2/1953 | Mountaineer Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and his Nepalese Sherpa guide Tensing became the first men to conquer Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain. The two reached the pinnacle of Everest, more than 29,000 feet above sea level, at 11.30 a.m. |
| 12/1/1974 | Sucheta Kriplani, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, passed away. |
| 10/4/1992 | D. M. Sutar, freedom fighter and senior journalist, died. |
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