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Historical Event on 4/13/1948

Bhuvaneshwar became the capital of Orissa.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/21/1934Chandrakant Gulabrao Borde, cricket batsman (55 Tests for India 1959-67), was born in Pune.
5/26/1997Government decides to allow the use of environment-friendly LPG as a motor vehicle fuel.
9/16/1997Rajeev Balakrishnan sets 100m national mark in the ITC International Athletics meet.
9/16/1997Khidr Khan Syed, Governor of Lahore, replaced Daulat Khan Lodi on Delhi's throne.
5/5/1916Giani Zail Singh, President of India, was born in Sandhwan village, Punjab.
8/2/1958Arshad Ayub, cricketer (Indian off-spinner in 13 Tests between 1987-89), was born in Hydrabad.
4/29/2000The Army institutes a high-level court of inquiry under Maj. Gen. C.B. Suku to look into the causes of the arms depot conflagration.
4/5/1922Pandita Ramabai, social worker and philosophist, passed away.
1/27/1984First unit of Atomic Energy Production Centre started at Kalpakkam.
6/12/1970Gopinath Kaviraj, Padmavibhushan awardee and critic, passed away.