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Historical Event on 8/13/1943

Chintamanrao Deshmukh was first Indian to be appointed Governor of Reserve Bank.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/2/1972Shimla Treaty' was singed between Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her Pakistani counterpart Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
1/12/1948Gandhiji decides to fast for communal peace in Delhi for communal riots which broke between Hindus and Muslims at Calcutta. Mountbatten fails to dissuade Gandhiji.
6/28/1986Union Government sanctions maternity leave for unmarried women employees too.
5/12/1993Samsher Bahadur Singh, modern Hindi poet, passed away.
3/17/1955Indian Standard's Institute started working to control the quality of Indian products and the ISI mark was issued to quality products.
2/1/1930A bomb, believed to be planted by Indian nationalists, is found at the British Museum at London.
8/20/1885First meeting of the Indian National Congress held.
7/10/1971Kochin University was established in Kerala.
3/4/1961First Indian aircraft carrier naval fighter vessel ''I.N.S. Vikrant'' was commissioned in Belfast.
7/20/1998Mr. Jaswant Singh, Prime Minister's special envoy, and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott discuss nuclear non-proliferation and security-related issues in New Delhi.