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Historical Event on 10/13/1987
Kishore Kumar Ganguly, well known singer, died in Bombay.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/27/1935 | Prakash Bhandari, cricketer (3 Tests for India in mid-50's, 77 runs), was born in Delhi |
| 8/18/1995 | Parvati Giri, also called the Little Mother Teresa, died in Orissa. She was 69. She was a social worker and had taken part during the Quit India movement. |
| 5/27/1906 | Maharashtra Sahitya Patrika Day. |
| 4/29/1947 | Abolition of ""untouchability"". |
| 3/19/1999 | Salgaocar emerged National Football League champions in Calcutta with a match to spare. |
| 5/25/1995 | Voting on the Criminal Law Bill differed again in Rajya Sabha. |
| 1/4/1948 | Burma achieved its independence from Great Britain. In 1989, Burma changed its name to Myanmar to reflect the multi-ethnic composition of the country. Apart from the Burmese, the main ethnic minority groups are the Karen, Shan, Mon, Chin, and Kachin. Just as the Burmese did against the British, almost all of these ethnic groups have struggled against the Burmese government for self-determination. |
| 2/11/1906 | Daily Tribune' started its printing from Lahore. |
| 12/19/2000 | The Government suffers an embarrassing defeat with the Rajya Sabha adopting a motion recording its ""disagreement'' with the Prime Minister for defending three of his Cabinet colleagues charged in the Babri Masjid demolition case. |
| 11/5/1956 | University Grants Commission Act sets up UGC. |
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