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Historical Event on 6/13/1997

At least 60 persons were feared killed and several injured in a fire in Uphaar Grand cinema in South Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/23/1990Harindranath Chatopadhyay, famous poet, actor and former member of Parliament, passed away.
3/12/1988Samresh Basu, famous Bengali writer, passed away.
5/22/1993Congress (I) suffers reverses in the by-elections.
8/4/1936Indian Government Act was approved by the king.
8/4/1936Babur Shah, Mughal Emperior, defeated Afghan Nawab Nasrat Shah, king of Bengal, on the banks of the Gand and the Ghaghra river.
6/14/1961Sir Karyamanikkam Shrinivas Krishnan died.
4/29/1939Netaji resigned from the Congress and established his own party, the Forward Block and created a political deadlock in India.
8/30/1659Aurangzeb plotted the death of his brother Dara Shikoh and beheaded him. He was buried in a vault under the dome of Humayun's tomb.
7/26/1993Swami Chinmayananda is named 1992 Hindu of the Year for a lifetime of dynamic service to Sanatana Dharma worldwide. He attained 'mahasamadhi' on July 26 at age 77.
7/17/1930Lord Irwin,British Viceroy, allows Indian moderates to visit Gandhi in prison.