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Historical Event on 5/13/1857

Sir Ronald Ross, bacteriologist, member of Indian Medical service, Nobel awardee and editor of 'Science Progress', was born at Almora, UP.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/29/1885A group of middle-class intellectuals in India, some of them British, found the Indian National Congress to be a voice of Indian opinion to the British government. This was the origin of the later Congress Party which was founded in Bombay.
7/24/1992Universal Poetry Foundation' was established at Pune.
7/6/1944Mahatama Gandhi was for the first time addressed as 'Father of Nation'.
10/28/1996Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever (DHF) spills into Western UP from Delhi.
10/28/1996Saint Francis Xavier, Jesuit priest, Spanish missionary teaching in India and Japan, was born in the Spanish kingdom of Navarre.
4/18/1956India, Indonesia, Burma, Ceylon and Pakistan meet in New Delhi to reaffirm their faith in Bandung Principles.
9/6/1961D. N. Kohli was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 28-05-1966.
3/1/1909First Indian Iron Company 'Tata Iron and Steel' established.
3/11/1886Anandibai Gopalrao Joshi became the first Indian lady doctor. She passed the MBBS degree from Philadelphia University of America.
7/10/1998India says it wont sign the CTBT unconditionally and invites Pakistan to join in disarmament efforts.