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Historical Event on 10/13/1781
A treaty was singed between the Britishers and ruler of Gwalior, Scindia.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/24/1827 | Viceroy Lord Rippan (1880-1884) was born |
| 7/16/1856 | Ishwar Chand Vidyasagar, on the request of Governor Lord Canning, instituted a law announcing the right of Hindu widows for re-marriage. |
| 10/21/1995 | L.K.Advani unanimously re-elected BJP president for the fourth time in New Delhi. |
| 12/25/1964 | Anil Kaul, Canadian badminton player (Olympics-96), was born in Amritsar, India. |
| 8/12/1928 | The Olympic Games hosted by Amsterdam fully realized Pierre de Coubertin's vision: 'the nations of the world in friendly competition'. After a succession of Olympics dominated by North America and Western Europe, Amsterdam welcomed more than 3,000 competitors. |
| 9/30/1972 | Pakistani troops shell into the Indian zone of Kashmir. |
| 8/11/1997 | 135 persons killed in flash floods in Shimla & Kiannaur districts of Himachal Pradesh. |
| 3/27/1977 | The government revoked the national Emergency promulgated on Dec. 3, 1971. |
| 5/26/1906 | Benjamin Peary Pal, internationally famous scientist of Indian agriculture, was born at Mukundpur, Punjab. In 1929, he went to Cambridge to do research on wheat and he returned to Burma with a Ph.D. five years later. In 1933, he got a research job with what is now known as the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi. In 1965, Pal became Director General of the newly founded Indian Council of Agricultural Research in New Delhi. He has written several books on roses, the most popular being ""The Rose in India"". |
| 10/9/1987 | Official Languages Rules, 1976 amended. |
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